Palliser Health Region is the
governing body
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for
healthcare
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regulation in an area of the
Canadian province
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of
Alberta
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. The area region includes the communities of:
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Bassano
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Bow Island
Bow Island () is a town in Alberta, Canada. It is located on Highway 3 in southern Alberta, approximately north of the United States border, southeast of Calgary and southwest of Medicine Hat.
History
The community of Bow Island recei ...
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Brooks
Brooks may refer to:
Places
;Antarctica
*Cape Brooks
;Canada
*Brooks, Alberta
;United States
*Brooks, Alabama
* Brooks, Arkansas
*Brooks, California
*Brooks, Georgia
* Brooks, Iowa
* Brooks, Kentucky
* Brooks, Maine
*Brooks Township, Michigan
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Empress
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Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat is a city in Southern Alberta, southeast Alberta, Canada. It is located along the South Saskatchewan River. It is approximately east of Lethbridge and southeast of Calgary. This city and the adjacent Town of Redcliff, Alberta, ...
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Oyen
Oyen is a town in east-central Alberta, Canada near the Saskatchewan boundary and north of Medicine Hat. It is on Highway 41, south of its junction with Highway 9.
Early name, Bishopburg, was changed in 1912 to honour Andrew Oyen, an early s ...
References
*''Ministry of Health and Wellness Annual Report: 2008/2009'' (N.p.: Alberta Ministry of Health and Wellness, ca. 2009), pp. 27-42, at https://web.archive.org/web/20150924025400/http://www.health.alberta.ca/documents/Annual-Report-09-Palliser.pdf .
*Global Air Rescue website, at http://www.globalairrescue.com/hospitals/air-ambulance-palliser-health-region-corporate-office.php .
*Business & Industry Clinic website, at http://businessindustryclinic.ca/about-us/our-history/ .
*Palliser Health Region EMS website, at https://web.archive.org/web/20150505094752/http://palliser-health-region-ems.alberta.canadab.com/ .
External links
Palliser Health Region website
Health regions of Alberta