Heart and stroke clinic eases anxiety for rural residents
Christine Holubec-Jackson’s 49th birthday wasn’t quite the celebration she expected. Days earlier, the Wetaskiwin resident was diagnosed with bleeding on the top of her...
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Keeping health care close to home in Drayton Valley
Local high school students to learn what it’s like to be a health professional in rural Alberta Local health professionals will teach...
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Community support key to rural health-care success
In rural health care, as with most things, resources are limited and offering services outside of those considered core can require extra...
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Community works together to support new moms and caregivers
Being a physician doesn’t mean you are immune to life’s health challenges.
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Crowsnest Pass community comes together to create a high school health mentorship experience
How do you support a rural high school student in their journey to become a rural health-care provider? Well, it takes a...
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“Pop-up” clinic the right prescription for country music fans
Meeting the medical needs of the BVJ For five days in mid-summer, a “mini-hospital” rises to the beat of country music in...
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Calm head during emergency confirms medicine in volunteer’s future
A stint as a medical volunteer at Big Valley Jamboree five years ago was all 20-year-old Allyson Wrubleski needed to know she...
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Brooks hosts life-saving Emergency Hysterectomy Course for rural health professionals
Southern Alberta health professionals recently received life-saving training during a unique learning experience in Brooks. A group of ten physicians and several...
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Digging deep pays off as portable ultrasound equipment comes to Milk River
Milk River is now home to world-class portable ultrasound technology, thanks to the foresight and generosity of local health professionals and residents....
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Provost aims to bring students’ focus to rural health care
A day in the life of a high school student doesn’t normally include suturing, intubation, or neck immobilization training. However, for a...
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Together Alberta: Towards more sustainable future
The Together Alberta project is a series of round tables hosted throughout the province by the Alberta Council for Global Cooperation (ACGC)....
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High school students visit hospital for unique, immersive program
It was all smiles and positive feedback on Monday, May 6 following the third annual High School Skills Day at the Sundre...
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