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In turn, those students will fan out across the north, including Terrace as. their training intensifies. “While there may be a. new campus building in Prince George, the strength of the program is that the students will be distributed throughout the. narth,” said UNBC official Rob van Adrichem last week. “That new building will cost $12.5 million and will: be 42,000 square feet, Eventually, UNBC wants Office Hours . L, Mon - Thurs 8:00 a.m, - 4:30 pm, cEwan GM . is proud to have ot . Barry McKenzie join the McEwan Team! Terrace, B.C: V8G 1V5 (250| 635-7611 “ Tracey 250-632-6337 Bobbi 250-632-3756 CALL TODAY! Royal Canadian Legion Branch 13 We are pleased fo announce Barry McKenzie has joined our sales team. Barry | is looking forward to supplying your transportation needs, Please drop by and see the selection of GM vehicles he has to show you. * today. : The Royal Canadian Legion, Branch #13 Terrace, would like to offer a belated thank you to: VARIOUS OFFICIALS were on hand down south last week at the announcement of a satellite medi- cal schcol for the University of Northern British Co- lumbia in Prince George. From the left are UBC president Martha Piper, UVic president David Tur- pin, advanced education minister Shirley Bond, UNBC president Charles Jago and Dr. John Cairns, dean of the UBC medical school. Ebony’s, Overwaitea, Northwestern Specialty Foods & Gifts, Northern Drugs, Zellers, Gemma’s, Flowers A La Carte, Della Warner, Jada’s Bridal Shop, Terrace Bowling Lanes, Denny's Restaurant, Don Diego’s Restaurant, Shadez of Hair and Top Knots. spaces means there will be north, it’s been difficult to to increase its year admit- tance from 24 to 32 stu- dents, said van Adrichem. A further 24 students will be added to the medi- cal school at UBC and an- other 24 at the University of Victoria in 2004. An- other 24 will be admitted a year beginning in 2005 to the UBC medical school. Doctors for years have warned of a physician shortage, saying the 128 medical student limit at UBC can’t begin to meet the demand of an increas- ing population and growing number of doctors retiring. A study by the Associa- tion of Canadian Medical Colleges shows that B.C. ° has only 3.2 medical school spaces per 100,000 people, the lowest of any province. By comparison, ‘Alberta and Quebec each have 6.7 spaces, Saskat- chewan has 5.8, and On- tario has five. The expansion af 224 potential graduates per year by 2009. Students will take the first semester at UBC, then complete the program at UBC, UNEC or UVic. All graduates will receive a medical degree from UBC. The new program will provide a community- based focus that will ad- dress rural, geriatric and aboriginal issues. UNBC's van Adrichem said the new program re- cognizes the reality that northern people trained in the north will want to stay in the north, What makes the an- nouncement even more powerful is that it came after less than two years of planning and lobbying. “It began with that large health eare rally here in June 2000,” van Adri- chem said in reference to a show of support in Prince George for its doctors, As with other places in the find and then to keep phy- ‘sicians. People began to meet immediately with an idea of some kind of medical training in the north with the expectations that graduates will want ta stay in the north, From there, UNBC hooked up with UBC and the idea of establishing sa- tellite medical schools quickly evolved. The expansion will in- clude an estimated $110 million for a new 40,000- square-metre Life Sci- ences Centre at UBC and about $24 million for the new satellite facilities at UNBC and for a similar one at UVic, Completion for all three projects is set for August 2004. , In addition to construc- tion money, UNBC is also getting $5 million from the province to work out the details.of what it will do. a a ea ea De Ta ee McEwan Terrace BC TERRACE 635-4941 STA Sales & Leasing cya 843 wrrameoewangm,com .- E- i mail: meewar Tapjien At The Aright Spot Ou Highiway 164 1941" our oF town custourns {-800-BMCEWAN® (1-200 ge Dr. Geoff Appleton Local docs are happy A TERRACE doctor is happy that a satellite medical school to UBC is being set up. It?tl not only mean un- dergrad students receiving some of their training here but it will ease northern physician vacancies, says Dr. Geoff Appleton who is the north’s representative on the board of the B.C. Medical Association, “People who are from the north are more likely to stay here and people who come north for train- ing will like it, we hope, Coordinator Joh ane ha stay, he said. Permanent part-time, 21 hours/week http:// beclassified. mn .C, hasn’t trained en- $24.43/hour tipvnwww.bee assified.com. ough doctors to meet de- mand for years, The UBC medical school takes in 128 students but 300 doc- tors leave the province or retire each year. “That’s why we've been relying on one country in particular and that’s South Africa,” said Appleton. Appleton and another ‘Terrace physician, internal ‘Medicine specialist Dr. 'Barrie Phillips, have sat on a committee providing comment on the UNBC satellite plan. Appleton is now antici- pating a program whereby medical students will be reimbursed for fees if he or she agrees to practice for a. period of time in the north. ' Health cost cuts draw closer OFFICIALS OF the Northern Health Authority and their consultants are due to submit reports this week on how to cut $45 million from northern health care costs over the next three years, It’s not known when the reports will be released or when the authority will release its decisions, but every facet of health care is being examined with a view to cutting costs. Mills Memorial here and the Kitimat hospital were visited by a consulting company hired by the authority ta go over cleaning, laundry and food ser- vices, said Cholly Boland. Sodexho, which also provides hospital support services under contract, has also visited the other health facilities across the north. The hiring of Sodexho has come under the criti- cism of the Hospital Employee’s Union (HEV), which says the foreign multinational firm has a bad track record of job performance. Sodexho is a multinational company and the HEU has been releasing documents indicating it had trouble at a hospital in Scotland and at a school in the United States where it provided food and cleaning services. The HEU represents food, laundry and cleaning workers in health care institutions across the pro- vince and they have the most to lose if health care authorities decide to contract out those services. For their participation/support of the Legion Christmas Karaoke Choir Nite 2001. A wonderful time was had by all. | Dept. of Vetera Affa Sweet Frewl Cf Faster | the Easter Bunny shops at Gem ma’s! 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