Media Advisory: Minister to Officially Open Happy Valley-Goose Bay Satellite Dialysis Unit

Health and Community Services
Labrador and Aboriginal Affairs
September 30, 2008

The Honourable Ross Wiseman, Minister of Health and Community Services, will be joined by the Honourable John Hickey, Minister of Labrador Affairs and MHA for Lake Melville; the Honourable Patty Pottle, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and MHA for Torngat Mountains; Boyd Rowe, Chief Executive Officer of Labrador-Grenfell Health; and, Mayor Leo Abbass, Town of Happy Valley-Goose Bay, for the official opening of the new satellite dialysis unit in Happy Valley-Goose Bay tomorrow (Wednesday, October 1) at 10:00 a.m. at the Labrador Health Centre.- 30 –

Media contacts:

Glenda Power
Director of Communications
Department of Health and Community Services
709-729-1377, 685-1741
glendapower@gov.nl.ca

John Tompkins
Director of Communications
Department of Labrador and Aboriginal Affairs
709-729-1674, 728-7762
jtompkins@gov.nl.ca

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