Taber doctors remain


concerned about rural health care


BY TREVOR BUSCH insight magazine


Dr.Eric Leishman MD CCFP,Dr.Andrea Hargrove MD CCFP,Dr. Ian


Armstrong MD CCFP (anaesthesia),Dr. Jeff Hughes MD CCFP (anaesthesia),Dr.Derek Rasmussen,MD,Dr.Wes Steed MD (GP-sur- geon),Dr.Kelly Tackaberry MD CCFP,Dr.Adam Williams MD CCFP, Dr.David Yamabe MD FCFP,Dr. Davis Yawney MD CCFP


In May,10 doctors from the Taber Clinic signed a scathing letter to the media outlining their concerns and attacking moves like the termination of the province’s agreement with the Alberta Medical Association,the new Physician Funding Framework,and the investment of funds into rural healthcare. Times reporter Trevor Busch followed up with the doctors from the clinic in


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September to see if they still share those concerns.The doctors provided a collective response.


ngoing problems between the province and rural doctors has been a headline issue throughout 2020,and doctors across Alberta have been raising their voices against some of the changes that are being implemented or contemplat- ed by the UCP government of Jason Kenney.


Dr. Peter Malcolm, DMD * Dr. Adam Byam, DMD * Dr. Mike McKee, DDS


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