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Friday, September 27 • 2013
Vol. 6 • Issue 26
Lingard switches musical keys See Page 18
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Trafalgar middle school students took part in the Terry Fox Run on Thursday morning, walking or running their way around Uphill to raise money for cancer research. Their goal was $1,500. Trafalgar was one of several Nelson schools participating in the National School Run day. Donations can be made by going to terryfox.org/donate.
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Kaslo ER on verge of part-time hours KIRSTEN HILDEBRAND Nelson Star Reporter
A community’s concerns are mounting as the emergency room in Kaslo will soon only be open part time. On the verge of losing their 24/7 coverage due to Interior Health’s inability to secure physician coverage during a year-long recruitment effort, residents of the community converged
Wednesday evening to discuss a report recently released on the role of emergency care in Kaslo. Called the Ross Report, Dr. John Ross, a Nova Scotia physician, was asked by Interior Health at the recommendation of Kalso residents to explore the state of their rural ER. The report suggests ER services be maintained using remote physician support of a nurse practitioner among
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other things. Ross also recommends community involvement in the recruitment process, using more full-time and part-time positions than casual employees and including physicians in management of the centre while freeing them from complicated paperwork. “[Victorian Community Health Centre] of Kaslo has all the basic ingredients to be a very successful centre…
It has a well-educated, engaged community which is active and relatively free of addictions and chronic social problems that plague some more remote communities. The health centre is centrally located, well designed and highly functional,” says Ross in the report. “The current issues are not Story continues to ‘Report’ on Page 11
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