Manitoba expands family doctor telephone service.WINNIPEG Winnipeg, city, Canada Winnipeg (wĭn`ĭpĕg), city (1991 pop. 616,790), provincial capital, SE Man., Canada, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers. -- Family Doctor Connection phone line program, which connects Winnipeggers Born in Winnipeg
The Family Doctor Connection phone line launched in 2001 has processed more than 62,000 calls. The program is part of an effort to reduce waiting lists for health services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract . A survey of rural physicians, indicated that 170 physicians indicated they were willing to participate in an expanded program. The provincewide provincewide Canad Adjective relating to the whole of a province: a provincewide referendum Adverb throughout a province: an advertising campaign to go provincewide phone line is operational at 1-866-690-8260. |
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