Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 14, 1988, Winnipeg, Manitoba The province Winnipeg free press March Page 2 Small towns face doctor dilemma physician promotes recruitment by John Lyons Winnipeg free press Deloraine Small town Manitoba will be Short of doctors As Long As the provincial govern ment sits on its hands instead of enlisting the head of the local medical team there is no recruiting Cam Al Gunson it makes me think the govern ment Doest really want to re Cruit because it gets cheaper ser local residents stay away from the Hospital now that it is under Gunson fewer patients Means lower costs to the Manitoba health services com he there is a huge number of people i cant and i handle Over the he there not going to come in with a sore whereas in Winnipeg they people know were so they dont come Gunson is one of two doctors serving people out of de Loraine memorial Hospital in this town 70 Kilometres South of bran the town needs four Gunson a resignation and an illness have left the medical squad Short staffed since last who has worked in de Loraine for 14 is on Call every other he said he works 11 Days often 10 hours a before getting a three Day two More doctors May be on the Way this Gunson adding the doctors were recruited from the University of Manitoba through his own but they Haven signed on the dotted line Marcel Misc Man Ager of physician said a newsletter announcing vacancies is distributed to schools and Hospi tals across the he said copies Are sent to doctors out of province who request said this meth Hospital 1 j Deloraine memorial Hospital has to restrict hours due to a shortage of one of the hospitals two doctors says area residents Are avoiding the facility because they know it is of serves Only to recruit physicians from one Rural area to an there Are about 20 requests for doctors in Rural Painchaud Shoal Rossum and Lynn Lake All need Painchaud which has been understaffed since last sum should have a new doctor by he Boissevain will Likely get two More doctors this summer to fill vacancies he in glad a new doctor just arrived at the beginning of March to end a shortage which saw the Hospital emergency Ward close larger centres such As Thomp son and the Pas need additional he the lifestyle of Solo practices and two doctor towns where you Are on Call every other its not much of a its hard to get Young Painchaud another Barrier to Rural place he is that doctors spouses often cannot find employ ment in their line of doctors who grew up in Small towns and villages Are generally the Only ones who operate a Rural practice Gunson in addition to the Painchaud said Grants Are Avail Able to students on the condition they work in Small towns after graduating from medical Grants Are also available to cover Startup costs in areas without Ade quate medical he immigrant he Are required to work in Rural areas on work permits before they can Lack of funds hampers fight against Virden dump by John Lyons Winnipeg free press Virden Money remains the obstacle to a citizens group intent on proving the towns new garbage dump is polluting the local ground water the groups chairman you have to have you have to measure How much said citizens for a clean Environ ment chairman Rick that would Cost that beyond our Bewers says there should have been More testing before the dump which found ground water at the site to be unconnected to Wells in the were conducted in dry months when water Levels were he Bewers said fire Protection is poor at the which opened North of Virden last grass and which we rent properly re moved from the surrounding will Likely grow he Bewers proof lacking some of the debris from the dump has really its a fire Hazard because its in an area where if a fire caught it would just rage weve had some Smoky doors come Down and its not pleas it depends on which Way the wind is said who lives about Kilometres from the opponents abandoned their fight last summer because they didst have the Money to go to Virden mayor Rick Plaisier said opponents have been quiet but the Issue is not dead in this town of about 60 Kilometres West of i think there finding our promises were Plaisier the which Cost about had been needed for several years to replace the former 45year old he the new site was chosen because it was on poor Farmland and had few residents Plaisier we wanted something to meet regulations now and in the Centre appeals fort ads by Randy Turner Winnipeg free press Steinbach the regional fam ily crisis Centre Here is walking a financial Tightrope and administrators have made a plea to the Community for were finally getting to the Point where were reaching people outside the local Community and now we have to say were not sure if we can continue to provide this ser said Eleanor executive director of the Steinbach family crisis intervention although the Centre has been promised in emergency operating funds from the provinces Community services it is still running a Medway the arrival of the emergency funds has relieved at least that the Centre would have to Medway but she added that the lingering financial plight has been hard on the centres seven staff the stress on my staff is Treen she even the current clientele is on pins and a nonprofit organization cannot afford to carry a deficit and the Bank recognizes helps abused women the also referred to As the agape is a Steinbach Home that can House up to three Fame staff members provide Emer gency counselling and referral ser vices for a clientele that consists largely of abused women and their Medway the which opened in serves a Region from the United states Border North to Lac Dubon and from East of Winnipeg to the Ontario who took Over As director last said the centres financial problems came with a significant caseload it helped clients in compared with 400 in she the centres staff has solicited local service and Church groups for has been donated by a few of the towns 20 being a Loving and caring will hear the cry in the wilderness and respond the Way they normally said Bob a United Church min ister who spearheaded the drive to establish the Plaisier garbage truck was purchased the Centre operated on a the site is manned while burning to keep Down the amount of garbage budget last is carried he adding that a that blows off Yak kinds 1xxttous on Call Foh Only become landed Many stay after they become accustomed to the town and have set up a he said what he Calls offshore graduates often come to Rural areas with no intention of staying after they become landed Rural doctors take in about 000 a Painchaud Winnipeg general practitioners aver age about Gunson estimated most doctors get about half that As after paying office talks stall Between striking Union dont sign a contract until you compare prices at Nisby Voss i i look so i installed Vinyl aluminium siding Soffi Facia it eavestrou6h free written estimates seniors discounts so year written guaranty 8982288 Deal direct with owner and save take the 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