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Read MoreFriday nights are always blocked off on the calendar of one Lac La Biche couple. For licensed practical nurse, Mishti Hirani, and her pharmacist husband, Mayur Patel, Fridays are a chance to catch up after their two young children are tucked into bed.
“I love rural nursing,” says Jayde Hein, a registered nurse who practises at the William J. Cadzow – Lac La Biche Heathcare Centre.
“I just love all the variety of patients you see,” said Hein. “[You could] start the day off within maternity and then you can have mental health patients, pediatric [and] palliative patients. So, you get to use all of your skills.”
Hein lived in Lac La Biche until she was 13 years old when she moved to Saskatchewan. But recently, her roots called her home.
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