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Released on August 28, 2008
Health Minister Don McMorris was in Saskatoon today to launch an innovative approach to providing primary care to residents in Saskatoon's core neighbourhoods. The primary health care project will begin immediately as a six-month pilot targeting communities with the greatest barriers to accessing care. The initiative is a partnership between the Ministry of Health, Saskatoon Health Region and M.D. Ambulance.
The mobile health unit will feature a paramedic, a Registered Nurse (Nurse Practitioner) and house an exam room. Patients will have access to basic health care and health promotion services.
"When designing projects like this, we need to be creative and explore how we can best meet the needs of the people who will actually be using the service," Health Minister Don McMorris said. "What we've come up with here is a proactive approach to help people overcome many of the everyday barriers they may face in accessing health care services."
"Saskatoon Health Region is thrilled to be part of this unique program," Saskatoon Regional Health Authority Chair Darlene Eberle said. "This partnership will provide an innovative way to ensure all members of our community have access to the best health care services possible."
The government is providing the Saskatoon Regional Health Authority with $175,000 to cover staffing costs and some of the overall operating expenses. M.D. Ambulance Care Ltd. will supply the bus and fund its related operational costs.
"It is exciting for us to be a part of this project," M.D. Ambulance Care Ltd. President and CEO Dave Dutchak said. "We see this bus as the ideal vehicle for taking primary health care services to where they are needed in the community."
The bus will be in service 7 days a week, 8 hours a day. The Saskatoon Health Region will make information about the bus stops available to the public.
The mobile primary health care project commences in August 2008. It complements other government-supported initiatives aimed at helping the residents of Saskatoon's core neighbourhoods, including the Student Wellness Initiative Toward Community Health (SWITCH) program, the White Buffalo Youth Lodge, The Westside Community Clinic, Kidsfirst, Saskatchewan Assistance for Independent Living, and St. Mary School.
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For more information, contact:
Karen Hill
Health
Regina
Phone: (306) 787-4083
Email: khill@health.gov.sk.ca Linda Walker
Saskatoon Health Region
Saskatoon
Phone: (306) 655-3328
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