Newspaper Article

P.E.I. must ensure supply of lab technologists -- they're important players in health care

Robinson, Valerie

2002

Overview

Now that the issue with nurses has been dealt with, I would like to draw to the public's attention the concerns of the medical laboratory technologist of P.E.I. Salaries paid to medical laboratory technologists in P.E.I. are below the average salaries of medical laboratory technologists in Atlantic Canada and this gap continues to grow. We need to create the opportunity for P.E.I. people to train as medical laboratory technologists by providing access to the training program that exists in New Brunswick. This may require the P.E.I. government to purchase seats in the program and/or provide bursary support for the students in return for guarantee of service in P.E.I. This issue requires immediate action because the training will require three or four years, meaning people starting training now will not be available until 2005 or 2006.

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