Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 3, 1989, Winnipeg, Manitoba 8 Winnipeg free tuesday october r shortage called debatable experts agree Rural areas suffer by Nick Martin its pretty Tough to figure out exactly How Many doctors Are enough for experts told a National medical conference yester but they agreed that Rural Manitoba is getting the Short end of the especially with a significant shortage of and that no consensus has emerged for ing those six and Canadian studies have set adequate care at anywhere from 67 to 201 doctors per said who teaches Anaesthesiology at the University of a joint Federal provincial study claims a surplus of doctors in Cana while a study by the Royal College of physicians and surgeons says Canada has a Wade Winnipeg has one doctor for each 400 people and Rural Manitoba one for every Wade told a joint conference of the association of Canadian medical association of Canadian teaching Hospi and Canadian association for medical in the provinces in the there Are very few specialists out Side the Urban Wade if you have a group of less than five vehicles to be tagged on holidays the City wont be giving a break to motorists who illegally Park during alternate Days off for statutory holi the cites Parks and culture committee recommended yesterday City Council do a better Job of informing the Public about its policy to enforce parking restrictions on those mayor Bill Norrie wrote the com Mittee suggesting it review a policy of enforcing parking meter bylaws after problems arose in complaints flooded in after the Canada Day Long weekend this when 700 people were issued parking tickets on monday july Mon Day was not a Legal but a Day off Given in lieu of Canada july while i appreciate that monday was not a Legal it was the Day that All civic employees received As a a majority of businesses were closed and in Gener Al i believe the Day was observed by most Norries letter it is the second time this Situa Tion has occurred in the last 12 and the same thing will be happening again on remembrance which Falls on remembrance Day is not a statutory but provincial employees will get 10 civic employees have 13 Larry Fleischer Crescent Heights said the City ticket on Days when City employees Are we should have a policy that says whenever the civic employees Are cars wont be he committee chairman Chris Lorenc Sisler said that while he understood the confusion caused by these it also be fair to not ticket people on one of the Days but not the commissioner Bob Lunney added that failing to enforce parking regu lations on these Days would make it Tough for the Public transit sys As the increased number of parked cars would make it More difficult for buses to move horse care satisfies vet a dozen Moscow circus horses that came Down with Rhino pneumonia Are being Well cared the director of the Manitoba agriculture departments veterinary services Branch said Jack Mcphedran said that since the horses arrived in Winnipeg Early thursday they have been watched by Norman one of the provinces top veterinarians whose animal clinic deals almost exclusively with if he cant handle nobody Mcphedran he Law said Moscow circus organizers have summoned three Veteri nary specialists from the University of one circus horse died last week in Winnipeg from third to die in a week of the disease the other dozen came Down with Rhino which a circus spokesman in charge of the animals said sunday can mean Little More than a cold in human All the hones with this disease progressing Mcphedran said noting circus organizers Nave done a Good Job of taking care of physicians in a Rural its probably not viable Over the Long term because there will be insufficient time for Days family time and continuing despite poor distribution of specialists and a Lack of Rural Manitoba has too Many said Larry former nip provincial health he budgeted million for health care in 197879 when the ratio was one doctor for each 637 now the ratio is one per and the budget of billion is expected to Rise to billion in the next four with less funding from the Federal government and an aging he the profession is largely self re yet has not solved systemic Desjardins the medical profession rebels if governments such As British Colum Bias restrict issuance of Billing forcing doctors to Rural yet needs must be met while costs Are he medical schools have a key role to play in training the appropriate Type of said pointing out there is no Point in training More paediatricians when an aging population needs Geron Tolo Wade said a surplus of doctors will enable More physicians to go into it allows some flexibility for unanticipated problems such As dutch Elm Grant Matcher delayed chairman of the Northwestern Ontario medical program at Hamiltons Mcmaster said a program giving preference to applicants from North Western Ontario has had Little Impact on medical services of 42 medical students from North Western Ontario from 1975 to Only six returned Home to and Only three a provincially funded program has placed hundreds of medical Stu dents and residents from Ontario five University medical schools in Northwestern Ontario for Short Peri but it is difficult to compare the program to any Standard to gauge its Neelands of the 13 per cent Are now practising in Northwestern on Tario or other Remote areas of the he while 11 per cent of the residents Are in the Northwest and 10 per cent in other Rural or Remote on third of the residents who took part in the program and later Practised in Rural areas have already moved to Neelands Wade said the medi Cal profession and teaching facilities must cooperate to meet Rural and Urban needs for specialists and Gen eral Desjardins cautioned that govern ments launch too Many commissions and then rarely act on the Winnipeg Parks and culture committee yesterday approved an agreement Between the province and the City that would see the provinces Grant for dutch Elm disease control double to form but the City wont decide whether it will approve a similar increase until it starts preparing its 1990 when announcing the provinces decision to increase its Natu ral resources minister Harry Enns indicated the City was expected to match the according to the terms of the cos sharing agree Parks and culture commissioner Bob Lunney said the Board of commissioners recommended the committee not make a decision until the 1990 budget was being it seems the Best thing would be to make this Type of decision once we Start preparing the Lunney As a the committee approved an agreement that says if the province continues its increased funding in the City will consider increasing its share of the program though there is no indication How much this might surveys indicate the number of diseased Trees has tripled to Trees so far this year compared with in under the plan adopted the additional provincial Money which brings the budget for fighting dutch Elm disease to More than be used to remove Trees and increase Spray programs to control Elm bark about will be used for removal and the rest will go toward increased in order to meet the demands of the expanded program for the City will have to Purchase an additional stumper for use on private properties and engage a tree removal contractor to assist the cites Elm removal As two temporary technicians will be needed to assist in the two charged in shooting two men have been charged after one Man was injured in a shooting incident in Boniface last Winnipeg police spokesman Eric Turner said two men were assaulted and threatened with a 12gauge shot gun Friday afternoon after a dispute with two other Turner said the pair fled to their Boniface Home where they called one Man was treated and released after he was hit by one of the two shots fired from the Richard is charged with attempted pointing a firearm and uttering Gary faces two charges of assault and Possession of a weapon dangerous to the Public q what have we Learned while winning 4 consecutive 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