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HEALTH--U.S. EMERGENCY MEDICINE EXPERTS MEET IN NOVA SCOTIA
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A group of 11 United States emergency medicine experts is in
Nova Scotia this week to review the history, progress and future
of emergency medicine and to make recommendations to the U.S.
Department of Transportation.
Health Minister Ron Stewart, as honorary chair of the
committee, is hosting the three-day event. Dr. Mike Murphy,
commissioner of Emergency Health Services Nova Scotia, is a
special guest of the committee.
"These people are definitive experts in all aspects of
emergency medicine and are considered international celebrities
in this field," says Dr. Stewart. "Their presence here gives us
the opportunity to present our plans and ideas for Nova Scotia's
system. We can get feedback and consultation of the highest
quality."
He added that the report of this group will chart the course of
emergency health services well into the next century, and their
deliberations will eventually impact on emergency medicine
systems throughout the world.
The Health Department is also taking advantage of their
presence to provide them with information on the health system
in Nova Scotia and opportunities for physicians in the province.
During their stay, contacts are being fostered with hospitals
and institutions represented by the delegates.
Local sponsors, most notably, Tri-Star Industries of Yarmouth,
have been given this opportunity to showcase their products to
delegates. Tri-Star, one of the top ambulance manufacturers in
Canada, is supplying the Department of Health with 150
ambulances over the next 22 months to replace Nova Scotia's
aging fleet.
Delegates arrived in Halifax yesterday and were given a tour of
Province House before their first dinner meeting. Formal
discussions continue today and tomorrow.
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Contact: Chris Hansen 902-424-5925
trp Oct. 18, 1995