On July 8, 2019, the Quad Municipality Healthcare Support Committee presented a cheque for $50,000 to Dr. Krog and the staff of the Milk River Medical Clinic to pay for a portable Ultrasound machine being used in the clinic and the emergency department.
Thank you to all the individuals, community organizations, businesses and councils who donated to this very worthwhile cause. The equipment will greatly enhance the diagnostic capabilities of the healthcare professionals.
DR. ADA IFEBUZOR FAREWELL
Dr. Ada Ifebuzor has completed her 3-year contract with Alberta Health Services as a Family Physician. Thank you for your care of the folks of our communities and wish you and your family the best in the future!
Milk River Health Centre is currently recruiting two physicians. Check out the job offer here.
MILK RIVER IS NOW RECRUITING TWO RURAL FAMILY PHYSICIANS!
Visit Doctor Jobs Alberta, Alberta Health Services and APLJobs to find our postings for two rural family physicians for the Milk River Medical Clinic and Milk River Medical Centre! Check out the job offer here.
Thank You to our Healthcare Workers!
On behalf of our communities, Emma Hulit made cookies and delivered them to say a big THANK YOU to everyone who works in healthcare in our communities! We all appreciate our excellent and accessible health workforce close to home.
Emma is a volunteer member of the Quad Municipality Healthcare Support Committee formerly called the Quad Municipality Physician Recruitment Committee and representing the communities of Warner, Coutts and Milk River and the southern portions of the Counties of Warner and Forty Mile.
Emma is also a volunteer member of the Old Man River Health Advisory Council representing the South Zone of Alberta.
Thanks, Emma!
Milk River Hospital Auxiliary
Thank you to all who made the Strawberry Tea such a success! Many thanks for your support and to all those who volunteered to help!
This year your donations provided the following benefits to the Milk River Health Centre:
Auxiliary members volunteer to help at the Centre when asked when asked by our Volunteer Coordinator Michelle Dube and by Sherry Laackmann from the Recreation Therapy Department.
Olwen Green and Maggie Littau volunteer regularly at the popular and well attended Long Term Care Monday Night Bingo. On behalf of the residents and their families and the community – Thanks Olwen and Maggie!
Our next Hospital Auxiliary Meeting is June 14 at 11:30 am at Yummy’s Restaurant. New members from all our communities are welcome!
Quad Municipality Healthcare Support Committee New Chairman
Welcome, Scott MacCumber as the new Chairman of the Committee!
Many Thanks to Amy Horgus, our outgoing Chairman!
2017 Annual General Meeting Report for the Quad Municipality Healthcare Support Committee by Amy Horgus, Chairman:
I feel we’ve had a successful year. I was newly elected in April and in May we attended a board leadership conference in Lethbridge. I learned a lot in the sessions but learned the most by listening to others in our brainstorming sessions.
We saw Margaret McCanna retire from unit manager at the hospital and we welcomed Sivakumar Savudan as our new unit manager.
We decided as a committee that our energies would not be focused on fundraising this year as we felt our current funds were sufficient but rather concentrate on other areas.
We did enter the Bonanza Day Parade with the theme, “How sweet it is to celebrate our communities”. We won first place in our category.
Our biggest event was our Skills Day that we hosted in October. 49 medical profession students attended our event. They attended skills at the hospital on Saturday. Experiencing and learning new skills from our Doctors, EMTs, Nurses, Physiotherapy Dept, and our Physician Assistant. They then attended our community potluck and got to meet many of our community members. They were amazed at the food and what great cooks we had. They got to join us in honoring our retired health care workers. They then attended one of our many attractions “Creepy Hollow”. Sunday was a big day for our students as they travelled out to Paul and Marilyn Vornbrocks. They got the opportunity to travel to Doug and Audrey Turners to see the state of the art Quadrasizer that Ryan uses. Paul and Marilyn served our students a delicious lunch, where they got to experience a wild game feed. It was a very successful event and we got great feedback from all the students. Some students were so impressed with our small community that they were expressing interest not only in our community but other small communities.
Our team got the opportunity to brainstorm with Dr. Ada via teleconference on ways to increase Dr. patient panels. Fuller patient panels lead to increased opportunity for another Physician.
We also have decided that a name change was in order as we have not been involved in active recruiting for some time. Our position is more one of support, attraction and retention. We are no longer the Quad Municipality Physicians Recruitment Committee but are the Quad Municipality Healthcare Support Committee. We feel this will be a very good change for us. Also, much less confusing for others.
Our monthly meeting minutes are now available in our community newsletters. I’d like to encourage everyone to attend the community potluck on Thursday as we will be showcasing our volunteer organizations.
Now Recruiting
Milk River Health Centre –
Love Activities? We’ve got you covered!
The Milk River Health Centre needs volunteers to support residents in Therapeutic Recreation programs and other leisure activities. This is a great opportunity for anyone who likes volunteering with the elderly. In this role, volunteers genuinely impact the resident’s quality of life by leading or helping with activities like birthday parties, singing, decorating the facility, playing games, or taking them for short walks.
For more information, call 403.345.7003 or 403.223.7212.
volunteer.milkriver@ahs.ca
Oldman River Health Advisory Council 2018.
Emma Hulit from Milk River is our representative on the Health Advisory Council.
Milk River Medical Clinic is Accepting New Patients!
Community Potluck Supper for Non-Profits March 8, 2018.
Amy welcomes volunteers to the Quad Municipality Healthcare Support Committee.
Annual General Meeting March 6, 2018
Join us at the AGM on March 6 at the Milk River Town Hall Council Chambers at 7:00 pm. New members welcomed!
Meeting December 5
Visitors are Welcome to attend the Quad Municipality Health Professional Attraction and Retention Committee Meeting December 5, Coutts Recreation Hall at 7:00 pm.
Volunteers welcome to join!
Current Committee members:
Amy Horgus, Chair
Rae Lindeman, Vice-Chair
Christa Runka, Secretary
Lana Proctor, Treasurer
Barb Snow
Austin Hook
Emma Hulit
Margaret McCanna, Milk River Council
Colleen Jennings, Warner Council
Scott MacCumber, Coutts Council
David Cody, County of Warner Council. Shawn Rodgers alternate
Dr. Pieter Krog
Dr. Ada Ifebuzor
Julie Davis, Rural Community Health Professions Development Consultant – South Zone: West. RhPAP
Milk River Skills Weekend October 27-29, 2017
Video Featuring Milk River Health Care Professionals
Feels Like Home: The RhPAP Medical Skills Experience
Milk River Skills Weekend Triggers Interest in Rural Health Careers.
Milk River Skills Weekend Poster
Milk River to Host Rural Experience for Future Health Care Professionals
October RhPAP Skills Weekend will introduce post-secondary students to rural health care and lifestyles.
Future healthcare professionals are coming to Milk River to discover the advantages of living and working in a rural Alberta community. On October 27-29, 2017 the southern Alberta town of Milk River will host up to 50 post-secondary students studying several healthcare disciplines—including medicine, nursing, and physiotherapy—at a weekend Medical Skills event sponsored by the Rural Health Professions Action Plan (RhPAP), Alberta Health Services, and the Quad Municipalities Physician Recruitment and Retention Committee, representing the communities of Coutts, Warner, Milk River and the Counties of Forty Mile and Warner.
Local health care professionals from Milk River Health Centre will introduce participants to the broad range of skills health professionals in rural communities are expected to use every day, including suturing, casting, and intravenous (IV) starts.
RPAP Skills events provide rural Alberta communities with a unique opportunity to make a positive impression on future healthcare professionals through showcasing local amenities and attractions. Students will experience the best of local hospitality at a community potluck supper to take place at the Milk River Civic Center at 6 p.m., October 28. Community members are encouraged to come out to the pot luck to meet the students and welcome them to Milk River.
Skills events, including Skills Days and Skills Weekends, are sponsored by the Rural Health Professions Action Plan, and are scheduled in rural Alberta communities throughout the year by the RhPAP Health Professions Students’ Initiatives Coordinator. Visit www.rhpap.ca/skillsweekends to learn more about RhPAP Skills events.
Established in 1991 by the Government of Alberta as the Alberta Rural Physician Action Plan, a renewed Rural Health Professions Action Plan, or RhPAP, is transitioning from a rural physician support program to a rural allied health professionals and community development agency. Our vision is to help rural Alberta have and sustain the right number of rural health practitioners in the right places, offering the right services, through community and professional development programs, services, and evidence-informed advocacy. We are grateful to Alberta Health for its continued financial suppo
Two Flexible Use Observation Beds to be Added in Milk River!
Town of Milk River News and Views May 2017
From the Desk of Mayor Hawco
Just in case you did not hear, we have been approved for two beds to be opened in our hospital. These beds are “Flexible Observation Beds” and will be under the control of the doctors and the Health Centre. This is great news for our citizens.
Milk River Bonanza Days Float August 5, 2017
First place ribbon at the Bonanza Day Parade! Well done Amy!
“Appreciation For Our Local Health Care”
“Celebrating With You Our Communities Sweet Success, QMPRRC”
(Quad Municipality Physician Recruitment and Retention Committee).
Amy Horgus, Chairman of the Quad Municipality Physician Recruitment and Retention Committee representing the communities of Warner, Coutts and Milk River and the southern portions of the Counties of Forty Mile and Warner.
Dr. Liesl Lewke-Bogle of Milk River: 2015 Alberta Rural Physician Award of Distinction
