See more on Page 8. While for some of those patients who have this year found themselves unable to find a family doctor, the problem means long waits at the hospital for simple treatment of a cold or flu, for others it has life-threatening. One of those patients is Richard Borho, who is suffering from liver failure and kidney failure, and this month lost both his family doctor โ Dr.
Rina Fourie at the Associate Clinic โ and his kidney. Borho, 47, needs a kidney transplant and a liver transplant, said his mother Diane McKay, who added that his spleen is no longer function-.
Last month, Dr. Fourie closed her Cranbrook practice as she was moving out of town. No doctor has yet been found to fill her position. Then last week, Borho. Bronn, that she too is leaving Cranbrook, and a new kidney specialist has not yet been hired to take her place.
The trail project started three years ago and helped to qualify the society for a grant from Columbia Basin Trust. The last year we restored another section of trail up there. And this year we did another little section by the picnic table. The summer recreation program at CSCL is run by two staff and they do all sorts of activities, as well as the Elizabeth Lake volunteer work.
We do about a four day week in the summer. So we work from the Monday to the Thursday, just in the mornings. Basically we just try to get the clients into the community as much as we can, to get the clients comfortable with the community and also get the community comfortable with the clients. The society provides. The vocational services provide a day service for adults who require continuous structured support to maintain a high level of independence in their daily lives as members of the community.
