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James Arvaluk Aivilik
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I think I need the chairman's direction; I did not see anything for the Keewatin region in this capital on the health and hospital boards. Although, on the following pages, there is a program on community development for an alcohol and drug treatment centre, Keewatin various, for future years anticipated.
What I would like to ask, Mr. Chairman, is if there's an issue of a repatriation of the health services hospital board from Churchill, Manitoba that is not listed here. So, I need direction from you. Should I wait until we get to the community development section, specifically dealing with Keewatin, before I ask about the hospital that we thought was going to be joined together as a consolidated program?
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The Chair Tony Whitford
Thank you, Mr. Arvaluk. You are probably in order to ask the question now to the Premier or to the Minister responsible. Madam Premier.
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Nellie Cournoyea Nunakput
Mr. Chairman, because there are studies in place and completed, I would like to refer the question to Ed Norwich, to specify exactly where we are with the health plan and what the intentions are.
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Norwich
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The Keewatin review is currently under way. At the present time, the community needs assessment or, as the Keewatin board has called it, the community action plans, have been completed in draft form. In fact, we received them just recently. They are also proceeding with the economic evaluation of the placement of a facility in the Keewatin, plus the cost-benefit analysis of the existing health services. The economic evaluation will start in December and is proposed to take seven or eight months to do, after which time, all this information will be pulled together and presented accordingly. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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The Chair Tony Whitford
Equipment acquisition, total region, $914,000. The chair recognizes Mr. Koe, then Mr. Dent.
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Fred Koe Inuvik
This distance health system technology, can someone advise us what that entails, please?
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Nellie Cournoyea Nunakput
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.
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Fred Koe Inuvik
Mahsi. Are there any plans to link the health centres or hospitals in the north with Stanton, similar to what they are doing with the Royal Alec?
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Nellie Cournoyea Nunakput
Mr. Chairman, what is planned is that there will be additional technology needed to expand the telemedicine services to regional centres and communities. This is supposed to be considered during the evaluation of the remote consulting network. The selection of sites for phase II expansion of the network will be coordinated with a health board; for example, in Inuvik.
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Charles Dent Yellowknife Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I was going to ask the same question Mr. Koe did.
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Fred Koe Inuvik
Mahsi, the mobile equipment for health centres for $83,000. What is that for?
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Nellie Cournoyea Nunakput
Mr. Chairman, if you don't mind, Mr. Norwich will answer that question.
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Norwich
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This is an ongoing program to replace snowmobiles and ATVs, as Public Works doesn't do that under their program. So, we have maintained the money in the capital budget. It is for those facilities where there aren't large vehicles or where there is a need for small units to get around the communities. We have a planned replacement program on a five to six-year cycle. This represents the ongoing replacement of the needed vehicles. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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