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Head of Northern Health Wants to Know About PG Cancer Clinic Too

By 250 News

Sunday, March 25, 2007 03:53 AM

        
The head of the Northern Health Authority says he is hoping the report on a Cancer Clinic in Prince George is released soon.  
In the meantime,  Jeff Burghardt says  Northern Health would like to see 8 or 9 locations where the doctors would see the cancer patients and then have them come to Prince Goegre where perhaps as many as 5 or 6 oncologists would be available for the patient to see and receive radiation thereapy or surgery.
In that way he said "As you build a confidence with the patient, they would want to be referred to a cancer clinic in this city. Rather than traveling to places such as Vancouver or Edmonton. When you build up a relationship with the doctor and the patient that will go a long way to where the treatment will be sought."
 

Burghardt knows it won't happen overnight "I don’t expect we will have a cancer clinic tomorrow, we have to get the people and the services needed for such a facility in place first." 

Burghardt says there is work being done " We are moving towards having more oncologists here in this city in the immediate future,  and that along with nurses trained in the field will make the construction of a clinic much easier."

Burghardt and  Dr. Charles Jago  co-authored the report which was delivered to the Premier  last July.


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Comment Posted by: owl on March 25 2007 7:49 AM
July of 2006?

What on earth would the report contain which causes it to take this long to read through by a few people before it can be released?

Those involved are all paid from the public purse.
Comment Posted by: Gofaster on March 25 2007 11:01 AM
the results re being hidden because we aint getting it...or that is my thought anyways,,,
government covering up for themsolves????
I suspect!
hope i am wrong....
Comment Posted by: Gofaster on March 25 2007 11:02 AM
I can't spell today either...
Comment Posted by: camoose on March 25 2007 11:10 AM
All politically appointed people must march to the drum of their Victoria masters. I'm not holding my breath for PG to have a cancer clinic anytime soon even though we need it. The previous government didn't do any better. Maybe we could try and keep the masses happy by putting several more buses on so we could be transported to the Big Smoke for treatment and when that's done we could all find our own way home again.
Comment Posted by: owl on March 25 2007 12:17 PM
Headline says:

"Head of Northern Health Wants to Know About PG Cancer Clinic Too"

Body or article states:
"Burghardt and Dr. Charles Jago co-authored the report which was delivered to the Premier last July."

Maybe that tells the real story right there. Even one of the two authors does not know what the report says? Or is it the official Victoria response to the report he is waiting for?
Comment Posted by: diplomat on March 25 2007 5:41 PM
It is my (perhaps mistaken) belief that the public is awaiting the report/verdict on the report made/delivered after the consultation input received during/from the public forums.
Comment Posted by: Harbinger on March 25 2007 9:12 PM
Governments move like glaciers. But when you owe them money....well that's different.
Comment Posted by: diplomat on March 26 2007 6:17 PM
Too bad governments don't melt like glaciers, because soon all the world's glaciers will be history.

:)-