2016-11-15

(Source: Ministry of Health of British Columbia) Health Minister Terry Lake announced a $5-million endowment to establish a new chair at the University of British Columbia (UBC) to help enhance the delivery of rural health-care services throughout the province. Dr. Dave Snadden has been appointed as the founding rural doctors' UBC chair in Rural Health. Dr. Snadden was also the first leader of UBC's Northern Medical Program in Prince George. The $5-million endowment is funded through the Joint Standing Committee on Rural Issues, a partnership between the Ministry of Health and Doctors of BC that advises the Province on matters related to rural medical practice. In addition, operational...

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