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REF NO.: 242
SUBJECT: Official opening of Community Health Outreach office in Grand Falls-Windsor
DATE: June 22
The official opening of the new Community Health Outreach office in Grand Falls-Windsor will take place Wednesday, June 23, with representatives from the Government of Canada, Memorial’s Faculty of Medicine and the town of Grand Falls-Windsor.
Time: 2:30 p.m.
Location: New Community Health Outreach Clinic
Memorial University Faculty of Medicine
7 Pinsent Drive
Grand-Falls Windsor
Participants: Keith Ashfield, minister of National Revenue, minister of Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) and minister for the Atlantic Gateway
Al Hawkins, mayor of Grand-Falls-Windsor (emcee)
Dr. Pat Parfrey, associate dean of clinical research, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University
Memorial University established this Community Health Outreach office as part of a provincial network of outreach offices in St. John’s, Grand Falls-Windsor, Corner Brook, and St. Anthony. In collaboration with Eastern and Central Health, the first program to be initiated will be the Community Screening Program in Colorectal Cancer.
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For further information, please contact: Sharon Gray, communications co-ordinator (health sciences) at 709.777.8397 or sharon.gray@mun.ca.