Penis baleen tance ~t SURE: pea ett MOY ELE SGPT ee BE ettes ° Loe __ Al2 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, February 8, 2006 — Study finds cancer centre _ possible, but also tricky | to base in Prince George _ ESTABLISHING A radiation. centre for cancer treatment -in Pritice George needs complete acceptance throughout |: * the north to ensure enough people want to use it to make it _ viable, says a Northern Health Authority committee. And that means the centre will have to at least equal or. -. Surpass the service provided down south to attract people © _ from places such as Terrace, indicates the committee struck ” “Tast year to look at the concept. “We need to show sufficient usage,’ * said authority chair Jeff Burghardt in releasing the report done in conjunction with the B.C. Cancer Agency. ° ook wo “I don’t know if we can ever overcome those geographic’ _ issuess? he said of people from the northwest, for example, - would be needed and that “who now fly to Vancouver, for treatment. Looking at.a proposal to provide radiation therapy in : Prince, George | grew out ofa wholesale examination of can- — cer. services in the north. -- But it is.also a résponse to a years- “Jong ¥ wish: by people in Prince George to be a centre for radiation treatment and it: has grown to become a political issue.. The report estimates a radiation centre ¢ could. serve. up to 800 people a year based ‘on current population trends. -And it indicates such a centre could open no sooner than 7 DOs provided everything falls into place. ~The ‘to-do’ list’ begins’ with finding the money for con- " struction, equipment ‘purchase ' and on-going expenses, find--: “ing. the. specialists, needed to.work there and ensuring exist- . _ing medical services - in Prince George are aligned with the. _ Project: « ‘ “YVONNE: NIELSEN’ Ss efforts to establish an ID card for - ~ people with disabilities continues by. presenting apeti- . '. The: committe stressed that t physician as well as ; public * tion to Skeena MLA Robin Austin. "Petition Se tat A LOCAL ‘woman has renewed. her fight establish a universal ID card for, people with permanent disabilities. Yvonne Nielsen present- "ed a petition to Skeena NDP « MLA - Robin Austin - Feb. 3 which he will introduce | ‘in the legislature later this month. _ -The signatures on this pe- ‘tition have come in since she | presented a first one a year ago to former Skeena MLA . Roger Harris. Nielsen’s — plan, which would be‘used by people as " .. proof they have a disability, has the backing of the city and of the’ Kitimat-Stikine . regional district and had the ' backing of Harris. But the provincial gov- ernment has:so far down- ~ played the idea, saying it ‘would not be feasible. Austin said*he’s more "than . willing to take up Nielsen’s cause in Victoria. 4 certainly look forward © to moving this along,” , said ‘Austin. The: ID card proposal has. been Nielsen’ S goal for 15 years, | Nielsen herself has an ac- quiried traumatic brain inju- ry caused by a car accident. — ' She calis it a hidden disabil- ity because you can’t see it just by looking at her. _ Brain injuries. can’ re- sult in permanent physical, - intellectual. and .emotional changes, from memory and ‘speech to a lack of muscle co-ordination. . Nielsen has long said a. universal ID card would of- fer proof of a disability, such as a brain or spinal.cord in- _ jury, cerebral palsy, epilepsy -or other neurological impair-_ _ ments. . She said the card would be voluntary and could effi- £ ciently be done by being an — add-on to the standard B.C. Identity Card. Such a card. would be useful in any number of situ- ations, including obtaining government services and programs, receiving . dis- counts or dealing | with emer-. ‘gency services such as the police. Past efforts. by Nielsen have included speaking with cabinet ministers while they were in Terrace and writing Premier Gordon Campbell. The provincial legisla- ture resumes sitting Feb. 14 at which time the throne speech, will be read. Normal to business resumes thereafter. "the North and be prepared to _ferral to obtain treatment at _Medical personnel. ranging © acceptance is needed. . “The community must be- liéve the decision is right for © _ accept revised routes of re- a northern cancer center,” the committee continued i in: its report. | 7 More than 35. highly- trained and currently scarce from nurses to oncologists number is forecast to rise to 42 over the years. Meeting a “2015 open- ing goal requires a decision — and the money — to be in place this year. ; Jef Burghardt | Last year 383 people from the north went south for radia- 7 tion treatment, including 147 from the northwest. — A key part:of attracting people to Prince George: from around the north would be adequate transportation services .» | and accommodation. | Burghardt anticipates a decision to proceed will be made a”: by this summer in the expectation of having a centre open by’. 2015. The study found that existing chemo services in com- - ‘munities such : as Terrace: were * adequate. we Poe ONE 7 market today! Bus: (877) 635- 2404 ta Res: (866) 798-9565 . Cell: (250) 631-3100 ——. Email:. vance@royallepage.ca . Royal LePage Terrace Sammi #102-4644 Lazelle Ave., Terrace, B.C. ' a CITY. 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