Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 16, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba A8 Winnipeg free july Rural ads Avert emergency vote easily ratifies pay Deal but crisis in Portage and Brandon continues by Bud Robertson Steff reporter Rural doctors i Ivi have accepted a Deal that will a looming crisis in Emer gency medical care across the eighty per cent of Rural doctors who cast ballots voted in favour of the new pay which puts million in new Money into Rural hospitals for emergency the agreement affects 290 doctors in 4s results of the secret ballot were released yesterday by the Manitoba medical the View of the physicians in Rural Manitoba is that this agreement will meet their said Mma president Ian Only 60 per cent of eligible doctors but White said that int unusual among his there were two spoiled the ironed out Between the Mma and Manitoba was struck in an Effort to put an end to Rural doctors emergency Ward wage scale the Deal the Deal ratifies yesterday affects 290 doctors in 45 Manitoba Beni Riidu doctors in larger centres such As Brandon will receive an hour to provide emergency Ward Belfors in smaller such win get a Day for being available on weekdays and fore Aeh wee Kerry in still smaller such As the Dally rate will be on weekdays and for each weekend emergency Ward work stoppages by Rural earlier this family doctors in Steinbach and Beausejour temporarily withdrew emergency services to protest Long working hours with poor Feero service others threatened similar doctors will now receive a set salary to provide 24hour Ward in quite Happy with said Minnedosa doctor Ray i think it was a real positive he said the package should go a Long Way in attracting doctors to Rural Man a chronic problem for Many White noted the package is modelled after a system operating successfully in a number of Ontario but family doctors in Brandon and Portage la Prairie have already rejected the saying they Are overworked and cant provide onsite emergency Ward coverage around the Brandon doctors withdrew Emer gency services july and those in Portage have Given notice they will Fol Low suit at Midnight we dont want to cause an inconvenience to David a spokesman for 10 Portage said but weve got to do keystones goal Manitoba lowest Ford prices offer 1997 Verost Arlt Wagon i 9 to choose from j0f Down 24 lease k Down 1997 Aerostat cargo Van contractors special of Down what weve got to do in this Circum if we dont stand up and make a statement and stick to whats the Point instead of emergency Ward the Portage doctors plan to provide extended clinic hours to see White said he is aware that the Doc tors Are not altogether satisfied with the but he said meetings will be held with them to try to Iron out an agree ment As Long As it Falls within the framework of the they in work with us to try to Deal with their White health minister Darren Praznik reiterated his stance that he is not willing to negotiate separate deals with the two they just have to work at solving the said adding that if doctors dont want to work in Emer there is enough Money Avail Able for hospitals to hire full time staff Praznik added he is aware of at least two Brandon doctors who Are inter ested in the intrusion alleged Man accused of walking in a woman Home while she was out doing Yard work monday after noon has been police say the woman was in the backyard of tier Home on Garwood Avenue at 4 when a Neighbour noticed a strange Man go into the Resi Dence through the unlocked front the woman confronted the Man in the House and he fled on a police arrested a 30yearold suspect a Short time later at a 711 store in the area of Stafford Street and Lorette the Man is charged with break and enter with he was detained at the provincial remand Accident victim Dies a Man who died after being hit by a truck on Portage Avenue monday night has been identified As Robert Thomas police say Weldon was crossing Portage Avenue near Harris Boulevard when he was no charges have been and the investigation 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penalties for unauthorized disclosure of this information up to per Day per warns a letter to the provinces doctors signed by Mma president Ian but health minister Darren Praznik called the concern Over penalties and privacy a red the warning letter is a bargaining Chip doctors Are trying to use to recover the Cost of installing the system and training staff to use he what the Mma is and rightly is looking after the financial interests of their Praznik Praznik said that if doctors have legitimate costs setting up the it is an Issue the government expects to discuss at the bargaining he dismissed concerns of unauthorized leaks of medical information or unjustified arguing i was the healthcare professionals who called for initial penalties of to be raised under the Law passed this government rejected an Mma Call this year for a privacy commissioner to oversee and enforce the a measure that sin place in British Columbia Mma said the association is concerned doctors will be stuck paying to set up the new sys the Lack of privacy and the responsibility that doctors Shoul Der for unauthorized disclosures that Are not their fault Are also legitimate our interpretation of the act is the government which collects All the information is also going to be the police and the judge and we Are going to be on the Hook if something Hap White smart a subsidiary of the Royal signed a million five year contract with the Manitoba government in this year the Royal Bank sold its controlling interest to eds owned by electronic data systems of the correction Windsor Regent location flyer until july copy should have read shelving clearance special 19 x 32 x gis shelving priced rights correction notice in our b63a Market Square Arrow Back chairs that go with the trestle table on Page 2 will not be available for this sorry for any inconvenience this May have Sale starts ends 4 pm Sharp through agreements with our Banks Canada 1 re has arranged a once in a lifetime Deal that 2 full camping 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