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Volume 133 Issue 13

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Friday, June 12, 2015

Primary Care Clinic

Granted Non-Profit Status

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By DARRYL HOLYK

lans for the development of a new Primary Health

Clinic for Minnedosa continue to move forward.
The new clinic is a major piece in our whole doctor recruitment strategy, stated Economic Development Offi cer, Vern May. We have been getting a lot
of feedback from the RHA as well as the doctors the
doctors that are currently here as well as the ones who
did not stay.
What has been determined is that the new clinic
will be built directly west of the Minnedosa District
Health Centre and that it will be developed and operated as a non-profit. Vern comfirmed that non-profit
status has been granted and that the planning committee has now registered for charitable status, which
is hoped to be approved in six to eight weeks. Once
that is in place, the group hopes to begin its fundraising campaign.
Although still fi
ne tuning the floor plan and determining the projects final cost, these details are expected to be hammered out shortly so that a major
fundraising push can begin by the end of summer.
We are very close to confi rming a desired floor
plan, said Vern. Prairie Mountain Regional Health
Authority has provided the group with the services of
their in-house designer, Ted Bartlett. He has done two
sets of drawings for us and we are just fine tuning the
plan, mentioned Vern, adding that while the latest set
of plans meet the communitys current clinic needs,
the group is looking to the future and want a final fl oor
plan that will allow space for some possible new opportunities in the future.
The Community Development Corporation has
been working very closely with the Town of Minnedosa and Prairie Mountain Health on this project knowing that a modern health clinic is long overdue for
Minnedosa.
While the new clinic will feature a number of new,
upgraded conveniences and equipment, there is some
equipment in use at the current clinic that can be
transferred to the new facility once built.
Watch The Tribune for updates on the new primary clinic project as more plans and details are confirmed.

Photo by Darryl Holyk

An American bikers road trip met an unexpected delay early Monday morning shortly after 7 a.m.,
when he was involved in a collision at the junction of Highways #10 and #16 northwest of Minnedosa.
A group of bikers were northbound and turning west towards Saskatchewan at the
intersection when one of the riders accidently drove his bike into the drivers side of a southbound
GMC Sierra pickup. The driver of the truck hit the brakes but was unable to avoid the motorcycle.
The impact caused the truck to skid backwar ds into the median between the north and southbound
lanes of the bypass. Local EMS, RCMP and Fire and Rescue responded to assist those involved in the
collision. The biker suffered some non-life threatening injuries and was transported to Minnedosa
Health Centre. The driver of the truck was uninjured in the collision.

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