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Prime Minister observes leading-edge technology at TBRHSC

prime minister Prime Minister Paul Martin visited Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre. He saw why TBRHSC is leading in telehealth strategies. Taken to a telehealth studio, he accompanied two physicians in Thunder Bay as a patient, with a physician in Timmins, demonstrated how specialists, even though hundreds of kilometers away, can provide excellent diagnostic, consultative, and assessment care. Using this technology, patients no longer have to travel long distances and incur great expense to receive care.

 

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