Medicare Before Tommy Douglas

For better or for worse, Tommy Douglas is the figure most closely associated with Medicare in Canada. But long before the CCF was first elected in 1944, Saskatchewan people were organizing and strategizing to ensure their communities had access to doctors, nurses, hospitals, and infectious disease treatment. This episode looks at the evolution of public healthcare in the province between 1872 and 1944.
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Countess of Aberdeen What is the use of the Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada?
Daschuk, James Clearing the Plains
Houston, C. Stuart Steps on the road to medicare: why Saskatchewan led the way
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