Thank you, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, as the Members of the House know, I've spoken many times in this House with regard to the hospital in Fort Simpson. We've had this hospital in Fort Simpson for many, many years. Now, with the move towards having more of the services done in Yellowknife, a lot of my constituents have to travel a long distance by charter and then on a sched to come here, and be boarded here for days on end. And that costs quite a bit of money, especially if women have to give birth to a child here. The last time, a woman stayed here for over six weeks and she had children at home. So we have a lot of problems. So if you're looking at a financial way of dealing with this situation of providing medical services in Simpson, I would like to ask the Minister if she could look into seeing if we could provide more services in Simpson and have better equipment so that we could do more of the work in Simpson rather than having to spend all this money bringing people into Yellowknife; flying them in here and putting them up while they wait for an appointment. Mahsi.
Jim Antoine on Question 308-12(6): Process For Recruitment Of Physicians In Nahendeh Region
In the Legislative Assembly on November 1st, 1994. See this statement in context.
Supplementary To Question 308-12(6): Process For Recruitment Of Physicians In Nahendeh
Question 308-12(6): Process For Recruitment Of Physicians In Nahendeh Region
Item 6: Oral Questions
October 31st, 1994
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
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