My Perspective - A week of change
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- Published on Thursday, October 5, 2017
Kate Jackman-Atkinson
Neepawa Banner & press
This week has been one of change. For our Neepawa-area readers, this week’s paper looks a little different, it’s the first issue of the combined Neepawa Banner & Press.
Right in the centre -Expectations versus reality
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Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
I hear from a lot of people. I also read a lot of other people’s words. On the topic of health care last week, someone said a person complained they waited 10 hours in an emergency room to get medical attention. The patient was asked, “So, did you die?” The obvious answer was that they didn’t die. “So, why were you in an ER then?”
Goertzen: ‘Show me the community’
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Province celebrates hiring of new doctors in region
Photo by Eoin Devereux
Pictured (left to right): Brandon West MLA Reg Helwer, Arther-Virden MLA Doyle Piwniuk, Brandon East MLA Len Isleifson, Riding Mountain MLA Greg Nesbitt, Agassiz MLA Eileen Clarke, Dr. Kristen Wareham of Neepawa, Provincial Health minister Kelvin Goertzen and Penny Gilson, the chief executive officer for Prairie Mountain Health.
Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner & Press
The effort to woo doctors to rural communities appears to be working. On Friday, Sept. 29, representatives with the provincial government, along with Prairie Mountain Health, assembled at the recently expanded Beautiful Plains Community Medical Clinic in Neepawa. The reason for the gathering was to announce the recruitment of 22 new primary care physicians, practicing in 14 different communities throughout western Manitoba.
Grow op busted in Rivers
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Bruce Klassen
Rivers Police Chief
On Saturday, Sept. 30 Rivers Police Service received information of a possible marijuana grow operation.