The Elk Valley Hospital in Fernie is soon to lose its only general surgeon, Dr. Colm Nally, due to retirement.
This has been on the horizon for six years. Another surgeon is projected to arrive in July of 2018, but until then, Dr. Mike Stuckey and Dr. Deena Case (husband and wife) will be left alone in the surgery room when Dr.
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