Mr. Speaker, I have a return to written question asked by Mr. Krutko on February 1, 2010, regarding the cost of physician and registered nurse visits to Tsiigehtchic.
There were eight physician visits to Tsiigehtchic between October 2008 and September 2009, typically 30 percent of these visits are made by specialists. Three visits by locum specialists cost $3,750, five visits by general practitioners cost $5,250, for an overall salary cost of $9,000 for physician visits to Tsiigehtchic for the period in question. The hourly cost for general practitioner is between $112 and $149 and the hourly cost for specialist ranges between $132 and $176.
A nurse-in-charge made 20 visits to Tsiigehtchic between October 2008 and September 2009. The total cost of nurse visits for that period is between $8,697 and $11,457, depending on the number of hours in each visit. The hourly rate for a nurse-in-charge is between $44.88 and $50.93.
In addition to the visitors, a nurse resides in Tsiigehtchic during freeze-up and breakup. For the time frame in question, a nurse was resident from October 17 to December 5, 2008, and April 20 to June 9, 2009. Salary cost for this time frame is $60,267.10. In addition to this, the nurse is provided with accommodations, which cost in total $7,000 --$4,000 for freeze-up and $3,000 for breakup. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
