Flying physician, Dr Paul-Leon Rivard, paper company doctor at Clova, Quebec, has a practice overing 6000 patients scattered over 50,000 square km of the Abitibi region. He manages to cover the wilderness by plane, dog team and snowshoe, to help wherever needed.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
312288
Language
English
Subject categories
Documentary → Documentary films - Canada
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Aeronautics in medicine
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Community health
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medical care
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Physicians
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Public health - Canada
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)