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MEMBERS ANNOUNCED
HEALTH--REGIONAL HEALTH BOARD MEMBERS ANNOUNCED
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Members of the new Regional Health Board teams for Nova Scotia
were announced today by Minister Bernie Boudreau.
"Nova Scotia's Regional Health Boards are playing a significant
and influential role in our restructured health care system,"
said Mr. Boudreau. "It's Nova Scotians working with and for one
another to help ensure health needs are effectively being met."
The province's four health boards are responsible for planning,
funding, coordinating, delivering and evaluating regional health
care programs. The boards are gradually assuming their new health
care responsibilities.
On Oct. 1, 1996 governance of many hospitals in each region was
transferred to the Regional Health Boards. Governance of the
remaining hospitals, with the exception of the Queen Elizabeth II
Health Sciences Centre, IWK-Grace, Nova Scotia Hospital and the
Cape Breton Health Care Complex, will be transferred Jan. 1,
1997. The boards will begin to assume responsibility for delivery
of drug dependency and public health services in the regions on
March 31, 1997.
Members of the new Regional Health Boards met during the Partners
in Health 96 conference which took place from Thursday, Dec. 5
to Saturday, Dec. 7 in Halifax. The successful conference focused
on how the health boards, four non-designated organizations and
the Department of Health would move forward together as partners
in Nova Scotia's new health care system. Mr. Boudreau attended
the three-day event.
The act to establish Regional Health Boards was passed in
September, 1994.
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Contact: Sue McKeage 902-424-3581
Attached is a list of the Regional Health Board members:
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LIST OF THE REGIONAL HEALTH BOARD MEMBERS
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CENTRAL REGIONAL HEALTH BOARD EASTERN REGIONAL HEALTH BOARD
DR. FRED FRENCH - CHAIR PHILIP MURRAY - CHAIR
Christine Baker Lynn Berger
Gregory Baker Simone Larade
Diane Burns George MacDougall
Garnet Burns Margaret MacFarlane
Lloyd Brown Walter MacKinnon
Pamela Dean Jim MacLellan
Susan Edmonds Elaine MacMaster
Ellie Lethbridge Stephen MacNeil
Marilyn MacDonald Vanessa Morrison
Clifford A. Moir Elizabeth Nearing
Lawrence Sereacki Joseph O'Connor
Rev. John O. Scott Claude Oram
Sara Stewart Peter Stevens
Karen Vance-Wallace Sharon Unsworth
Len A. Wilson Clotilda Yakimchuk
NORTHERN REGIONAL HEALTH BOARD WESTERN REGIONAL HEALTH BOARD
J. RONALD CREIGHTON - CHAIR JAMES R.C. PERKIN - CHAIR
Opal Black Loretta Achenbach
Mark Boon Linda Blades
Dr. Michael Cook Jack de Gooyer
David Dinaut Carl Doty
Eileen English Dr. George Ferrier
Charlene McCulloch Heather Fitzpatrick
Vernon McCully Anna Keay
James Mitchell Anne T. Kennedy
Janice Mundle Judy Leblanc
Janice Murray-Gill Collin Lelliott
Dr. David Rippey David B. Logie
Shirley Saxon Dr. Meera Prakash
Brian P. Taylor Claredon Robicheau
Patricia Wheeler Jack Walsh
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trp Dec. 9, 1996 - 4:18 p.m.