NOTE TO EDITORS:

Minister to bring greetings at opening of The Ross Family Medicine Centre

Health and Community Services Minister John Ottenheimer will bring greetings at the official opening of The Ross Family Medicine Centre at 2:00 p.m. tomorrow (Friday, January 27) in room G05/G06 on the main floor of Southcott Hall.

Media representatives are invited to attend.

The Ross Family Medicine Centre is a general practice clinic operated through the Faculty of Medicine at Memorial University which provides a teaching site for medical residents to gain practical experience in consultation with physicians. The centre is moving to a new facility located on the sixth floor of Southcott Hall and is being renamed in memory of Dr. John Ross.

Media contact: Tara Furlong, Communications, (709) 729-2888, 727-2701

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