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Toronto medical students learn about rural medicine at Ross Memorial Hospital

By Pamela Vanmeer

November 22, 2017

KAWARTHA LAKES-Stitching up pigs feet was one of the highlights of the day for about 40 medical students at Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay.

The students are from the University of Toronto and they were in town for Rural Skills day. It gives students from universities in the the city an opportunity to learn more about practicing in a rural community. The day was organized by The Kawartha Lakes Health Care Initiative, Ross Memorial Hospital, Rural Ontario Medical Program and the UofT Alumni Association.

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Pamela Vanmeer https://www.kawartha411.ca/

Pamela VanMeer is a two time winner of the prestigious Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) Award. Her investigative reports on abuse in Long Term Care Homes garnered international attention for the issue and won the Ron Laidlaw Award. She is a former reporter and anchor at CHEX News, now Global Peterborough and helped launch the New CHEX Daily, a daily half hour talk show. While at CHCH News in Hamilton she covered some of the biggest news stories of the day.

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