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Daysland welcomes new doctor By Lori Larsen
The community of Daysland is happy to welcome a new family physician, Dr. Msikazi Langeni, to the roaster and the Daysland Health Care Centre is excited to have her on board. Originally from Bizanna, South Africa Dr. Langeni, husband Uviwe and 12-year-old son Sango Njenjani are delighted to now call Daysland home. Langeni began practicing medicine after graduating from medical school in 2008 from the University of Capetown (South Africa). “I have been a doctor for almost nine years. I spent my first four years in South Africa as a hospitalist as well as critical care hospitalist. Most of my time was spent in ICU as an in-house hospitalist.” In 2011 she decided to come to Canada to practice medicine, moving in 2013 after about a year and a half long process. “I have been in similar settings as Daysland since then and this is my third community and hopefully I wont be moving from here,” she said with a degree of aspiration. Prior to Daysland, Langeni practiced in physician group settings in the communities of Estevan and Turtleford, Saskatchewan. Langeni stated that Estevan was a bit bigger community with a larger number of physicians but
Turtleford was very similar to the size of Daysland “It was a little smaller community but had four physicians that did on call services. There was not as much as what Daysland offers, which is something I thought was great about here.” As a family physician by qualification, Langeni acquired some of Dr. Makiwani’s practice and patients and intends on providing the same quality care Dr. Makiwani gave. Langeni will also be accepting new patients. Outside of the family medical (clinic) practice Langeni has vivid interests in other medicine. “I love emergency medicine and on any given day I want to be in the ER. Of course in the clinic I definitely have a few interests including internal medicine and dermatology. “I have certification in dermoscopy which basically gives me the opportunity to assess moles and lesions on the skin to determine if they are cancerous or whatever, rather than just eyeballing them.” When asked why she chose Daysland to set up a practice Langeni said with certainty that she was literally the first person to apply for the position. “I love the small town settings and there is always ER access for me and it is pretty much identical to what I have done in all the instances that I have worked in Canada. It
has worked out very well for us as a family.” Langeni’s husband, Uviwe, has qualifications in animal production working in agriculture. “My son (Sango) loves the setting, he is always on his bike. He is very comfortable making friends.” Rural medicine
Langeni indicated that family medicine is not much different in any setting, but rural communities do present their own sets of challenges and benefits. “What I have learned so far about Daysland are there are quite a lot of services available for the elderly and they are quite impressive. It would be good to have the availability of long time care in town, we certainly have the population,” she added. “Of course as I get more into the system there will be things I will identify.”
Looking Back
through the pages of The Booster
25 Years Ago This Week – from Sept. 8, 1992 edition • Lyseng Studios advertised “Fall ~ the time is right for your family portrait!” • Sander’s Men’s Wear opened in the Duggan Mall. • The Vinet family sold their 48th Street store (Vinet’s Food King) to Westfair Foods of Calgary.
50 Years Ago This Week – from Sept. 5, 1967 edition • A new $100,000 service station, Grandview Esso, opened this week in Camrose. • 5 loaves of Oven Joy bread at Safeway were offered for 95¢. • El Dorado, starring John Wayne, was playing at Kar-Vue Drive-In Theatre (lusty, explosive, western adventure film).
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Lori Larsen, Camrose Booster Daysland welcomes a new family physician and her family to the community. Pictured from left are Uviwe Njenjani, 12-yearold Sango Njenjani and Dr. Msikazi Langeni