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Letter of the Week

speakeradmin — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 17:18:12 +0000

Hospital responds to letterDear Editor:In response to The Speaker letter to the editor, April 6, 2016 “This is what health care cuts do”, we have taken steps to ensure our staff use our non-urgent transportation service when needed -- in this case for a patient from an

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Keeping the LHIN model

speakeradmin — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 15:40:42 +0000

Dear Editor:It’s not every day that a provincial Standing Committee visits one of our communities to gather the opinions and experiences of Northerners. But on Tuesday, February 4, the Standing Committee on Social Policy that is reviewing the legislation that created the Local Health Integration Networks spent the day in

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Dr. Pace’s caseload

speakeradmin — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 15:52:36 +0000

Search continuing for care for his patientsTEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff/Special) – Efforts continue to find new medical care for patients of a New Liskeard doctor killed in a road crash last week.The caseload of the late P-J Pace numbered between 2,500 and 2,600 patients, said Margaret Beatty, chief executive officer of

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