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Clinicians working in the McGill hospital network or,for that matter, any of the academic networks in the Province, will readily attest to the dramatic shortage in physician manpower that has increased enormously the burden on those who continue to work in the system. At the same time, while emer- gency procedures are provided and performed in an appropriate time frame, it is clear that those less ur- gent and elective have acquired long waiting lists of in- creasingly disgruntled patients. In certain instances, the shortages in specific specialties, such as anaesthesia, has a major impact on all other surgical and even medical spe- cialties, in a not surprising domino effect. Nor is this short- age confined to Quebec: the Provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan have been recruiting physician manpower from South Africa while Newfoundland is reportedly seek- ing to "import" family physicians from Cuba. While the Canadian population remains steadfastly in favour of the Canada Health Act and Medicare, which has obtained in the public imagination an iconic luster similar to that of the Con- stitution in the United States, nonetheless, a number of editorialists have begun to nip away at the margins with suggestions that the increasing visibility of a second tier of medical care in Canada will bring relief from the various ills that affect our ~ (please see Manpower, pg. 5) Manpower Crisis Dean Abraham Fuks .............................................................................. - ::::s Manpower Crisis 1 Achievements Residents and Fellows 19 ~. Letters to The Editor 2 Award to Dr. Martin Entin 20 =- Editorial 3 TSDA Resident Research Award 20 Upcoming Events 4 The Y2K Iceberg 21 The Kingmed Artificial 8 The Seigniory Club 24 MUHC Director of Nursing 8 New Canadian Arthritis Network 25 Canada's New Blood Supply System 9 Professors 26 Surgical Research News 10 Obituaries 28 Better Times Ahead 12 Vision for the Future 29 Alan Turnbull Runs Marathon Marathon 13 Dr. Harvey Brown 29 Chairman's Message 14 Dr. R.C.-Hhiu 31 Dr. J.L. Meakins Announces New Appointments 15 Dr. Mostafa Elhilali 32 MUHC Breast Centre 16 Dr.Jonathan L. Meakins 34 Royal College Meetings New Format 16 Dr. Ron Lewis 35 Patient's Comments 17 Dr. Ron Zeit 37 Kudos 18 Dr. Lawrence Rosenberg 38 DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY NEWSLETTER McGill UNIVERSITY SPRING 1999
