A14- The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, September 30, 1998 Dease' Lake doc arrives DEASE LAKE’S long search for at least one permanent doctor ended last weck with ihe arrival from South Africa of Dr, Mubammad Tasneem, He met with local members of the health community be- fore heading to the tiny village north on Hwy37 to begin work at the Stikine Health Centre. “I'm Jooking forward to it,’? said Tasneem who came to Canada with wife Asma and their 14-month-old daughter, Malham. From Pakistan originally, Tasneem said it was time for a change after spending seven years in South Africa. He also said the move was to get away from the chang- - ing economic and political situation in South Africa. *There is lots of violence. After 8 p.m. you don’t go out. If you are driving, you lock the doors of your car. At stop signs, you go through,’’ Tasneem added. **Most of all, it was just to see a new place.” Tasneem’s recruitment continues what is a tradition in northern places by attracting physicians from South Africa. They’re prized for the skills they learn in that country and there’s been a ready supply dating back to apartheid days there. Tasneem, who met earlier last week with officials from the B.C. College of Physicians and Surgeons, said he was surprised to learn that three of the doctors he met were also originally from South Africa, Dease Lake and surrounding area has been without a permanent doctor for the past 13 months. The staff centre has a budget for two staff physicians but was unable to-find any and has had to rely on a series of rotating temporary ones, _At times, the community was without any physicians, a dangerous situation, said Tom Wright, administrator of the ' Stikine Health Centre. But things are looking up now that Tasneem has arrived and a second potential permanent doctor will visit next week, “Jf everything comes together with the second doctor, we're looking at December of January,’ said Wright. “T’s taken a long time but there are positive things hap- pening.” Dease Lake became the central service location for the north with the closure in 1992 of the Cassiar mine and _townsite. — Airline seeks taxation relief STARTING WORK this week as a permanent physician in Dease Lake is Dr. Muhammad Tasneem from South Africa. The community also has a second doctor interested:in living there. And that would end 13 months of relying on temporary physicians. With Dr. Tasneem are wife, Asma, and daughter, Maham. _ When you” ' in can't breathe, B.O.K. 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