QM6
12-02-2002, 06:37 PM
Found this in the LeaderPost... the man of the hour himself is going to be talking here at Queen's tomorrow afternoon, I'll see if I can get one of my texts autographed too... lol =)
Just wondering, do you guys get to cover any/a bit/a lot of the history of medicare over there? Would seem to be very appropriate considering how Saskatchewan's so tied into the issue since the very beginning.
Medical students like the study
Betty Ann Adam
Saskatchewan News Network; Saskatoon StarPhoenix
Monday, December 02, 2002
SASKATOON -- Future doctors applauded Roy Romanow's Future of Health Care report Sunday at a live broadcast of the CBC's Cross Country Check-up with Rex Murphy that was staged in the staff cafeteria at Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon.
"I think there's an overwhelming response in favour of the report. I'm encouraged by it," said second-year medical student Farrah Mateen.
As the medical college representative to the Saskatchewan Medical Association, Mateen said she especially appreciated Romanow's recommendations on how to attract and retain graduates to rural and remote practices.
"One of our major issues every meeting is how do we get Saskatchewan graduates to stay in the province," she said.
"It was a great opportunity to hear the writer of the report himself talk about what our future will be, not only as a country but as a health care practitioner," Mateen said.
Tien Yen had also taken some time from his second year medical studies to see the man who is making history.
"It was in Saskatchewan, the birthplace of medicare, and it was going to be revolutionized again," Yen said.
Holding his textbook on the female reproductive system, which already bore a Rex Murphy autograph on the cover, Yen waited after the show to get a signature from Romanow too. The report's primary health care recommendations are positive for Canada, first-year medical student Joey Podavin said.
"Doctors who are on salary might be willing to spend more time with patients rather than fee-for-service where you're trying to see as many patients as you can and bill them as quickly and efficiently as you can," he said.
The 10-to-15 medical students who attended the broadcast were among about 200 people who filled about two-thirds of the cafeteria, many with questions they didn't get to ask because of the deluge of calls the show always receives.
Senior CBC producer Charles Shanks said the show receives 5,000 to 10,000 people trying to call in each week.
Grace Dunkirk of Saskatoon didn't get a chance to defend the report against the criticism she heard on other radio stations last week.
She disagreed with people who thought the $15 million cost of the report was a waste, saying it would only be a waste if its recommendations were not implemented.
"We spent $11 million to keep Charles Ng (U.S. citizen facing death penalty there) in Canada and there was no hue and cry about that like there was about this," she said.
Most of the people present expressed approval of the report's recommendations.
"Mr. Romanow, this is your finest hour," said one of the people from the audience.
Mateen said the show was entertaining and intellectual.
"It was sometimes amusing, sometimes very provocative. It brought forth a lot of the issues from across the country and also had a distinct Saskatchewan flavour that we were all proud to see," Mateen said.
Saskatoon Regional Health Authority spokesperson Darryl Oshanek agreed.
"I think the national media attention CBC has given our community is a reflection of the role that our health region has in Canada. We have a growing national reputation. We're addressing a lot of the issues that were identified in Mr. Romanow's report," he said.
© Copyright 2002 The Leader-Post (Regina)
Just wondering, do you guys get to cover any/a bit/a lot of the history of medicare over there? Would seem to be very appropriate considering how Saskatchewan's so tied into the issue since the very beginning.
Medical students like the study
Betty Ann Adam
Saskatchewan News Network; Saskatoon StarPhoenix
Monday, December 02, 2002
SASKATOON -- Future doctors applauded Roy Romanow's Future of Health Care report Sunday at a live broadcast of the CBC's Cross Country Check-up with Rex Murphy that was staged in the staff cafeteria at Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon.
"I think there's an overwhelming response in favour of the report. I'm encouraged by it," said second-year medical student Farrah Mateen.
As the medical college representative to the Saskatchewan Medical Association, Mateen said she especially appreciated Romanow's recommendations on how to attract and retain graduates to rural and remote practices.
"One of our major issues every meeting is how do we get Saskatchewan graduates to stay in the province," she said.
"It was a great opportunity to hear the writer of the report himself talk about what our future will be, not only as a country but as a health care practitioner," Mateen said.
Tien Yen had also taken some time from his second year medical studies to see the man who is making history.
"It was in Saskatchewan, the birthplace of medicare, and it was going to be revolutionized again," Yen said.
Holding his textbook on the female reproductive system, which already bore a Rex Murphy autograph on the cover, Yen waited after the show to get a signature from Romanow too. The report's primary health care recommendations are positive for Canada, first-year medical student Joey Podavin said.
"Doctors who are on salary might be willing to spend more time with patients rather than fee-for-service where you're trying to see as many patients as you can and bill them as quickly and efficiently as you can," he said.
The 10-to-15 medical students who attended the broadcast were among about 200 people who filled about two-thirds of the cafeteria, many with questions they didn't get to ask because of the deluge of calls the show always receives.
Senior CBC producer Charles Shanks said the show receives 5,000 to 10,000 people trying to call in each week.
Grace Dunkirk of Saskatoon didn't get a chance to defend the report against the criticism she heard on other radio stations last week.
She disagreed with people who thought the $15 million cost of the report was a waste, saying it would only be a waste if its recommendations were not implemented.
"We spent $11 million to keep Charles Ng (U.S. citizen facing death penalty there) in Canada and there was no hue and cry about that like there was about this," she said.
Most of the people present expressed approval of the report's recommendations.
"Mr. Romanow, this is your finest hour," said one of the people from the audience.
Mateen said the show was entertaining and intellectual.
"It was sometimes amusing, sometimes very provocative. It brought forth a lot of the issues from across the country and also had a distinct Saskatchewan flavour that we were all proud to see," Mateen said.
Saskatoon Regional Health Authority spokesperson Darryl Oshanek agreed.
"I think the national media attention CBC has given our community is a reflection of the role that our health region has in Canada. We have a growing national reputation. We're addressing a lot of the issues that were identified in Mr. Romanow's report," he said.
© Copyright 2002 The Leader-Post (Regina)