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acccording to Jenson, “We [Student Development] get no compensation for it”. There- fore, they are looking at charg- ing the doctors overhead fees.

However, the way the Health Centre currently oper- ates makes charging these fees difficult. Zimmerman ex- plained that each of the five doctors who volunteer 1/2 a day per week at the Centre already pay overhead fees at their regular clinics.

One solution that Stu- dent Development is looking into is getting a full-time doctor at the clinic. The Health Cen- tre can then generate its own money, and itconsequently will be off Student Development’s

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main operating budget. But the university must finda doc- tor willing to give up his/her practice and move to the Health Centre.

The way Sharon Zimmerman sees the situation is, “Weare getting hit from the Medical, the Government, and the University”, bouncing the Health Centre around in their triangle of power.

Zimmerman stated, “here they [admininstration] think they are saving money by closing these services, but then they won’t have the stu- dents”. Jenson admitted that the Health Centre isa resource issue for the university, “It is time-saving for faculty, and it

is a recruiting issue, not so much for students, but for par- ents”.

Jenson also admitted that the Health Centre pro- vides a convenient service by giving free physicals every year to all the varsity players. Each doctor volunteers one evening of their time to see the players. Other clinics in the province would charge $35 per player.

The Health Centre may have to charge the athletic department for future physi- cals. Just the men’s and wom- en’s basketball would gener- ate about $840. Jenson de- scribes this situation of hitting other departments for money as, “It’s robbing Peter to pay Paul to run the institution”.