The issue is the telemedicine link between Stanton Yellowknife Hospital and the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton. The department and the Stanton Yellowknife Hospital will collaborate with the Royal Alec to establish a remote consultative network for audio-visual capabilities between Yellowknife and Edmonton by April 1, 1995. The network link will be evaluated for six months and recommendations for the purchase of technology and to establish a permanent link between the Stanton Hospital and the Royal Alec will be made after the evaluation is complete.
The funds necessary to implement phase I of the project are what you see in the 1995-96 capital budget.