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Press Release - December 5 2005

PRESS RELEASE -- Family Doctor Week In Canada – December 5 – 11, 2005

Tavistock Community Health Inc. (TCHI) is pleased to announce that December 5 – 11, 2005 is officially recognized as Family Doctor Week In Canada.

This week is an opportunity pay tribute to the backbone of the medical profession – family doctors. Family physicians are the first contact with most patients when they are ill, tying together multiple and often seemingly unrelated symptoms and signs to make a diagnosis. They are there from the moment of a patient’s birth to the time of death and all that lies between.

TCHI is especially proud of the six family doctors who practise at the Tavistock Health Centre.

Dr. Paul Bartlett, B.Sc., M.D., C.C.F.P. … joined the group practice in 1972
Dr. Brad Card, B.Sc., M.D., C.C.F.P., F.C.F.P. … joined the group practice in 1982
Dr. Roddy Caulfeild, M.D., C.C.F.P. … joined the group practice in 1973
Dr. Anand Hegde, M.B., B.S.(Lond.), C.C.F.P. … joined the group practice in 1970
Dr. Ken Hook, B.Sc., M.D., C.M., C.C.F.P., F.C.F.P. … joined the group practice in 1976
Dr. Stacey Snider, B.Sc., M.D., C.C.F.P. … joined the group practice in 2003

Their long-standing commitment to the community and their patients is legendary. From TCHI and all the patients at the Tavistock Health Centre – THANK YOU!!