Heart Surgery Program Expanded with New Adult Unit
Manitoba expands open heart surgery capacity by adding an adult unit at Health Sciences Centre. St. Boniface remains key for open heart surgery, with Dr Morley Clohen leading a 350-case annual program. The new Harford unit, under Dr J C W Parrot, aims for 200 to 250 cases yearly within three years. A joint committee will review future cardiology and cardiovascular thoracic needs.
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Manitoba
Health Sciences Centre
St. Boniface Hospital
Children’s Centre
J. C. W. Parrot
Desjardins
St. Boniface General Hospital
The
University of Manitoba Faculty of Medicine
Manitoba Health Services Commission
Record Years of Service on a Farm Well
A historic well drilled in 1914 by Wilbur Beamish on R. W. Cochran’s Lavinia district farm has served stock water and steam engine needs. It extends 142 feet with an 80 foot water column and a 6 inch casing, never pumped dry or repaired, and remains the farm’s water source for Dallas and Dianne Johns.
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Wilbur Beamish
R. W. Cochran
Lavinia
Dallas
Dianne Johns
Manpower Training Release Welcomed by ManitobaMinister
Manitoba Labour and Manpower Minister Vic Schroeder welcomed federal manpower training proposals released by Federal Employment Minister Lloyd Axworthy. He criticized the outline for lacking funding details and implementation plans, saying more consultation and specifics are needed. Schroeder will press Axworthy for details at the upcoming manpower ministers meeting in Vancouver to ensure Manitoba's needs are addressed.
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Winnipeg
Labor and
Vic Schroeder
Lloyd Axworthy
Schroeder
Axworthy
Manitoba
Vancouver
Hamiota Welcomes First Baby of 1982 Mr 1982 at 8:22 a.m.
The Hamiota District Health Centre celebrated the first baby of 1982, Darcy Ward Paterson, born at 8:22 a.m. to Larry and Debbie Paterson. The newborn received more than 20 gifts and services from local merchants and groups in the district.
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Hamiota
Darcy Ward Paterson
Larry
Debbie
Rescinding Daily Charge Increase For Care Homes
Health Minister Larry Desjardins announced Cabinet will rescind the automatic 50 cent daily charge increase for care homes set January 1 1982. The quarterly 50 cent increases are suspended pending policy review on personal care home charges with a decision possible after the review. The minister argued inflation and inherited deficits should not burden the elderly and infirm and warned a 20 percent rise would be unacceptable.
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Winnipeg
Larry Desjardins
Manitoba Health Services Commission
Desjardins
Cable Application Approved in Canadian Satellite Service Plan
The CRTC on January 5, 1982 approved Westman Media Cooperative Ltd to offer CANCOM signals to Shoal Lake Hamiota Pilot Mound Crystal City Glenboro Erickson Onanole Elkhorn Minitonas Winnipegosis Creary Edmonton CHAN Vancouver with a maximum monthly charge of 19.50 a month a 50.00 connection fee and a 50.00 refundable decoder deposit The commission requires stripping out CTV network programming from Vancouver in all communities except Creary and notes no turn on date for the nine new licenses A French TV signal survey is to be completed within a year and the cooperative has shares at 5.00 with a 1981 net surplus and patronage dividend of about 16.00 per customer to subscribers who are shareholders
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Brandon
Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission
Westman Media Cooperative Ltd
Canadian Satellite Communications
Cancom
Shoal Lake
Hamiota
Pilot Mound
Crystal City
Glenboro
Erickson Onanole
Elkhorn
Minitonas
Winnipegosis
cCreary
Edmonton
Chan Vancouver
CTV National
CHAN
Vancouver
McCreary
CTV
T.V
Commission
Sans Westman Media Cooperative Ltd
Sumer Cooperative
Crocus Obedience and Kennel Club Dog Shows Begin in Brandon
Brandon opens the Cen tennial Year with the Crocus Obedience and Kennel Club shows January 2, 23, and 24 at the Keystone Centre. About 500 dogs from Chihuahuas to Mastiffs compete over three days, with shows 2 to 10 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Admission is 1.00 for adults and 0.50 for those 14 and under.
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Brandon
Crocus Obedience and Kennel Club
Keystone Centre
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