A. Stt’mu'! MacDonald D.F.C., M.D. C..M.

in front of me. Being ot‘Scottish descent, I drank his, as well as my own. The two glasses were too much for me. As a result, I was too sick to enjoy any further meals during the trip. I did, however, attend all the meetings.

To keep abreast with my medical practice, I took my turn in the Outpatient Department ofthe PEI Hospital. As well, I was on committees there, usually the pharmacy committee, which helped me to run my own pharmacy in the DVA.

For three years, I was a secretary at the meetings. As they were usually held on Saturdays, no time was lost.

I usually went to work at 7:00 am. and stayed until 5:00 p.m., 10 hours a day, but the job only called for seven. This meant that I could leave for three hours to assist in an operation with either Dr. Laidlaw, Dr. Cox, Dr. Putnam, Dr. John Bonnell or Dr. DeLima.

I kept a log of my time, and ifl did not make up to seven hours, I used a day of my vacation time. Neverthe- less, when I finished at DVA, I had a number of days I did not use and so was given a cheque of $37,000.00 for un- used time.

I received this cheque in 1982, and I got 17 per cent interest for five years at the bank. With the interest from one year of my over-vacation pay, I was able to send my wife and granddaughter on a trip to Australia and New Zea- land.

I alsojoined the College of Family Physicians, which called for 50 hours of study per year as a minimum. I later became president.

When I was president of the staff of the PEI Hospi- tal, Dr. John Bonnell talked me into checking out the block system in use today at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. 1 went to Mr. Porter and talked him into getting someone who

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