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Healthcare teams across the province appreciated during Alberta Rural Health Week

Alberta Rural Health Week, held from May 27 to 31, 2024, was a vibrant celebration of the unsung heroes of rural healthcare. Organized by RhPAP,…

Alberta Rural Health Week, held from May 27 to 31, 2024, was a vibrant celebration of the unsung heroes of rural healthcare. Organized by RhPAP, this annual event shone a spotlight on the dedicated healthcare providers and community volunteers who…

Barrhead committee brings community together to celebrate the many faces of health care

Every day is a good day to celebrate your health professionals. That’s what the Barrhead Attraction and Retention Committee (BARC) demonstrated at their recent celebration event. ...
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Childhood dream leads to seven decades of medicine and counting…

He might just be the most interesting man in rural medicine. Dr. George Stewart-Hunter has raced cars, killed the world’s most dangerous...
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For this rural physician, outstanding patient care begins with a long run in the morning

At 6:30 a.m. on a weekday, chances are you’ll find Dr. Deon Erasmus out on a gravel road near the town of...
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Happy Retirement Dr. Garbutt

A mainstay of the Crowsnest Pass health-care community, Dr. Allan Garbutt is retiring at the end of October, bringing to a conclusion a career of advocating...
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Exceptional care leads Mayerthorpe nursing team to an RhPAP Rhapsody Health-care Heroes Award

Perhaps nobody appreciates the nurses at the Mayerthorpe Healthcare Centre more than the physicians who practise there. While doing their rounds each...
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Weekly Rural Health News (Oct. 18)

The latest in rural health news from across Alberta: RhPAP News Delburne clinic keeps health care close to home for local residents...
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Delburne clinic keeps health care close to home for local residents

After waiting nearly a century, Delburne residents can once again visit a physician in their own community Earlier this year, Dr. Muti Kauchali became the first doctor to practise in Delburne in 90...
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Keeping health care close to home in Sundre

Nursing students to learn what it’s like to be a health professional in a rural Alberta community Health professionals from the Sundre region will teach about 50 nursing students from Red Deer...
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RhPAP Medical School Award recipients primed for rural practice

RhPAP is proud to announce the recipients of this year’s Rural Medical Student Bursary: Kelly Anderson and Curtis Woolf (University of Alberta) and Karly Nikkel...
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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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Keeping health care close to home in Drumheller

Media Release September 23, 2019 Keeping health care close to home in Drumheller Post-secondary students learn what it’s like to be 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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