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Treatments closer to home Apryl Veld Omineca Express Two new radiation units arrived in Prince George this week, bringing the region one step closer to offering another kind of cancer therapy in our own back yard. The Cancer Centre for the North being built in Prince George will be assembling the two linear accelerators that are used in radiation treatment. “It’s been a really exciting week,” cancer strategy spokesperson Sonya Kruger said, “(the units) will mean we’ll be offering a new service in the North.” The machines are important purchases for the health care of locals, as patients from this area needing radiation treatment always had to travel outside the region. “Before if you needed this service you had to travel down south,” the cancer strategy spokesperson said. The radiation units were purchased as part of the new cancer centre in coordination with the regional cancer
control strategy. The strategy aims to achieve a number of important goals for the northern health region Kruger said. “This is a result of the partnership between the B.C. cancer agency, the provincial health services and Northern Health,” Kruger noted. The spanking new units came in over 30 pieces and they need to be put together and then will be set up and tested before the centre opens later this year. “They’ll start delivering treatment to patients when the centre opens in late 2012,” Kruger explained, “right now they need to be programmed and tested by the medical physics team ... to make sure they’ll be ready to provide safe and affective treatment.” The cancer centre and strategy is not just about treatment, Kruger elaborated. “The strategy is meant to enhance cancer services all across the north, and it’s for prevention, screening, diagnosis, all the way through to patient support. The centre is a really key part of that.”
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Bantam opening ceremony
Tier 4 Bantam Championship ceremonies in Vanderhoof Sunday. Eight teams will play every day until Wednesday, March 21, closing ceremonies will be at 7:30pm. Photo by Justin Hill
Double stabbing sends two to hospital Apryl Veld At approximately 11 p.m. on Friday March 9 members of the Prince George RCMP responded to the University Hospital of Northern BC for a report of two persons being stabbed. Just before the report was made to police, two men were dropped off at the hospital with injuries consistent with being stabbed. The first male, a 23 year old resident of Vanderhoof suffered a laceration to his head. The second man, a 28
year old resident of Fort St. James suffered a puncture to his left abdomen. Police said both men should recover. “One (victim) is still in hospital ... we expect he will recover,” Corporal Craig Douglass of the Prince George RCMP said. Investigators believe the assaults occurred in a residence on the 2200 block of Spruce Street in Prince George. Investigators also believe this to be a targeted attack and that alcohol was a factor. This investigation is continuing an RCMP member noted, but no suspects have been taken
into custody. “We will be doing more interviews, but it is difficult to speak to the victim who is in hospital,” Cpl Douglass said. The police are asking for information from the public on this incident. If you have any information about these serious Criminal offences, please contact the Prince George RCMP at (250)561-3300 or anonymously contact Crime Stoppers at 1(800)222-TIPS (8477), online at www.pgcrimestoppers. bc.ca, or Text-A-Tip to CRIMES using keyword “pgtips”.
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