Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 8, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba A8 local Winnitoy of nor March 2001 feds expand Tel Medicine for Remote areas Ottawa hands Manitoba another million for Community health and research projects by Alexandra Paul Ottawa poured another Mil lion into Community health and medical research programs yes in answer to critics who contend fed eral spending is accelerating As the Fis Cal year winds Down March Manitoba senior Liberal Ron said hell take Grants for Manitoba any i dont care when Manitoba gets Money when its for a Good Duhamel the million announced yesterday is Over and above a slew of funding announcements from Ottawa since Jan mostly for scientific research in Manitoba and other parts of the but its not As if the projects funded yesterday were funnelled into the Grants Channel at the last minute including the largest one of million to expand a Tel Medicine had been waiting for months for said Winnipeg North my key Tel Medicine allows specialists in cities to see patients in Remote communities via audio and video Pagtakhan took the Lead role in the announcement yesterday because of his medical background As a Tel health is not a proposal that was submitted a couple of weeks he adding the project to save thou Sands of dollars by avoiding costly flights from the North has been in the works for five years and the million it received yesterday will allow doctors to expand wireless technology to 20 Sepa rate centres in Northern Manitoba and another 11 centres in Northwestern timely Access to specialists care and teaching when and wherever needed is key to Quality patient Pagtakhan said of the reason the project was fund patients in Northern locations that will have wireless hookups to Thompson and Winnipeg can save themselves a trip South to consult specialists for every thing from surgery Derma some diseases and psychiatric Ken Gigliotti Winnipeg free press Postuma from Pagtakhan and Duhamel demonstrate Tel Medicine service that received million in Federal funding up to 30 per cent of Manitoba residents travel Long distances every year for medical mostly to Winnipeg and while not All patients can be spared doctors expect Many consultations at least a a month will be handled now by i would see mothers and their Chil Dren come great distances for a five minute said Ray pos head of paediatric surgery at Chil Drens Hospital where the Hookup will be this is our attempt to reduce wind shield time and Wing Postuma referring to lengthy flights and Dri wireless technology is also revolutionizing the provinces Only sleep Dis order Laboratory at Boniface general Meir Kryger said the new technology similar to devices in the inter National space station far above Earth will allow patients to be diagnosed Over the phone without having to travel to Winnipeg to see Kryger received in Federal funding for the wireless its going to Chip away at the problem big he waiting lists for the Boniface sleep which has Only four Are three years Long and now tally up to up to 400 patients a year will be diagnosed through the new in a separate announcement yester the University of Manitoba reported its spinal Cord research Centre received More than million Over five years in funding from Canadian and american Rogers met ii 888 James 8311214 2599 Pembina at Bison 2611234 Tyndall Market mall Rogers express Polo Park 7742412 air source vital Centre 9892939 air source 9892927 air source 1500 Regent 9883080 air source 212 Henderson 9892954 air source 3 marys 9892944 air source Portage place 9460721 air source 2609 Portage at Moray 9542939 air source Linden Woods Market 9542929 1014 marys 9873444 to Centre 9873443 crazy crazy 1509 Matthews 7720461 prime time communication 671 Pembina 9251260 West can cellular 251 notre Dame 9823600 vip worldwide second level Canada Post skywalk 9479570 Forest computers 1111 Henderson 9566590 Prairie Mobile communications 1305 King Edward 6327800 Brandon sobering communications unit 18th Street 7260088 sobering communications 10th at Victoria 7250088 Imperial radio 324 Richmond East 7284134 7272715 Beausejour Beausejour tire 751 Park 2682826 Dauphin Ricks electronics 213rd Avenue 6383699 lunar 4444664 Portage Ca Prairie sobering communications 234 Saskatchewan e 8573309 will compute 16 Saskatchewan 2390810 Russell Hometown electronics 154 main 7733448 Selkirk Balnes 3s6 main Street 4823657 Steinbach sobering communications 144 Highway 12 3264186 Virden sobering communications Virden shoppers mall 7483003 Winkler Southland mall 3251420 Rogers video office Sears offer ends april already a Rogers customer Contact elusive collets Avail am ate available on select plans starting at monthly service Rogers reserves the right to limit Call length to s Arn 3 months local calling applies on 2year term plans rebate applies As a credit on future Rogers mailable just Lor Rogers communications int used under used under License n ;