‘9 of

"provincial bods

LON G- SERVING

Terrace’ physician is set to.
become the. next president -
" B.C.” Medical | '

“the »
"Association (BCMA) which

represents the province’s.
~ doctors on everything from

__ Professional development to to
--fee negotiations...

_., Dr. Geoff Appleton was

_ Selected, as the _president-

_ elect of: the BCMA at its an- -”

, ual general meeting June

_10, meaning he will become

the president next June. ©
‘Appleton has ‘served as a

* board member of the BCMA
. representing .
_ northern physicians. -

oe

since. 1986,

~- That has placed him at the

- forefront of, at times, heated.

“and - acrimonious dealings

_ with the province over fees,
_ physician shortages and oth--...

 @r.issues through the 1990s
and i into.this decade.
“Despite that, . Appleton

‘said he’s looking forward.to-

_.the challenge. this. year. and

‘to’ the greater one when he
takes on the presidency 1 next.

year. -

face. the complicated task

of negotiating a fee contract

‘with the provincial govern-

_. ment, ac circumstance thats»

= occupied | a ‘considerable.

He’s ‘thankful: the won't

Dr. Geoff Appleton

amount of time. on the part

of his predecessors.
- That’s because doctors in

May ratified a six-year fee

deal with the province, pro-

~ Viding ‘increases and an em-
‘phasis on: developing family

physicians: #
_ “That'll be great but there

ig always acrisis to deal with

in one area or another,” Said
Appleton.

deal is in place, the BCMA

“has lately become involved ..
~ with the issue. of crowded
“ emergency rooms’ in some |

_ hospitals which have affect-

_to Terrace in 1974.

Although a long-terin fee

a

ed patient care:

- Born in England, Apple- :

‘ton’ ‘graduated from medical
training there and moved to’ -.
Canada in 1972, spending a
“year in Vancouver. :
~~ He then spent'a brief pe-
. tiod in Terrace on a tempo-

rary posting before retuming

~ to England where he began’
; specialized obstetric train-

ing. |

But a late- night ‘phorie ,

call. telling him of a vacan- .

cy in Terrace changed that: -

plan. °
’ “Tt said fine, I’ Mn be there,”
added Appleton of his return’

c

Wife Gayle Appleton : is

a registered nurse ‘who last -
year took on the role of de-
veloping and managing the
new ‘combined Northwest
Community College/Univer-
sity of Northern'B:C. Bach-
-elor of Science in Nursing .."
« Program in Terrace. * |

"Another - Terrace. “physi,
cian also joined the. BCMA ©

“board at its June AGM.
Dr. Jannie du . Plessis, -

‘one of Terrace’ s two pe-°

‘diatricians, is one of seven’

new.members on.its board.
His appointment, is for. two
years.

- Pool theft arrests: made >

RCMP HAVE arrested and charges have
- been laid against two local women accused
"of stealing a swimming pool from Zellers -

~ June'13. glans

- Police responded toa complaint about: a.
~ theft from ‘the store which is located across _
by from the RCMP. detachment. an

: “Both are well known to police,” ‘a RCMP ,
"press, release said of the incident..

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