Hospitals N'Such
Everything from Labrador only going to Labrador is never going to happen. With that said, and in working under a provincial structure where the government is responsible for the entire population of NL, it should be our goal to ensure that Labrador gets credit for their resource and people contributions, and in the fulfilling of promises that Danny Williams made which helped to get him elected.
Of paramount importance, satisfying the hospital and medical needs of Labrador's central community. What I mean by that is; it has become an unruly topic based solely on geographical boundaries and location when any of these "central" discussions unfold. Face it, St. John's (and surrounding area) has (and will continue to have in the near and probably distant future) the lion's share "and centre" of this province's population. Thus the biggest and the best equipment is going there. St. John's et al also has the most appealing lifestyle to the majority of citizens in this diverse province. It doesn't matter if you personally don't ever wish to even visit St. Johns, NL. That's just the way it is. So in our attempt to spread the wealth to best spend money to put it where the most people in this province can get access to it, we put it in St. John's.
Duplicating specialty equipment which is not often required in Goose Bay and Lab City or even Deer Lake and Cornerbrook is a waste of resources. However, whenever anybody from around this entire province is prescribed a test or diagnostic procedure that requires them to go to St. John's, a certain formula based on the family income should be used to calculate how much of the roundtrip the province, and the majority corporation stakeholders who require people to live and work in remote areas with less than ideal medical resources, should be willing (or forced) to cover these travel expenses. Social responsibility demands it.
Hell I can open a whole new can of worms by stating that anybody who goes out on a boat, or climbs a mountain or takes a trek in the nature does so at their own risk and peril. Get rid of the Coast Guard, fold Search and Rescue and save billions! While we're at it, let's see if the Liberals are going to pay back sponsorship scandal monies. Yeah didn't think so...
Make medical treatment fair and impartial based on geographical locations!
Fred from CBS
Of paramount importance, satisfying the hospital and medical needs of Labrador's central community. What I mean by that is; it has become an unruly topic based solely on geographical boundaries and location when any of these "central" discussions unfold. Face it, St. John's (and surrounding area) has (and will continue to have in the near and probably distant future) the lion's share "and centre" of this province's population. Thus the biggest and the best equipment is going there. St. John's et al also has the most appealing lifestyle to the majority of citizens in this diverse province. It doesn't matter if you personally don't ever wish to even visit St. Johns, NL. That's just the way it is. So in our attempt to spread the wealth to best spend money to put it where the most people in this province can get access to it, we put it in St. John's.
Duplicating specialty equipment which is not often required in Goose Bay and Lab City or even Deer Lake and Cornerbrook is a waste of resources. However, whenever anybody from around this entire province is prescribed a test or diagnostic procedure that requires them to go to St. John's, a certain formula based on the family income should be used to calculate how much of the roundtrip the province, and the majority corporation stakeholders who require people to live and work in remote areas with less than ideal medical resources, should be willing (or forced) to cover these travel expenses. Social responsibility demands it.
Hell I can open a whole new can of worms by stating that anybody who goes out on a boat, or climbs a mountain or takes a trek in the nature does so at their own risk and peril. Get rid of the Coast Guard, fold Search and Rescue and save billions! While we're at it, let's see if the Liberals are going to pay back sponsorship scandal monies. Yeah didn't think so...
Make medical treatment fair and impartial based on geographical locations!
Fred from CBS
posted by Fred Harris | 8:45 PM
3 Comments:
In NB their MRI machine is mounted in the back of a tractor trailer and travels around the province from hospital to hospital. They have docking bays at each location to make it more comfortable for the technicians.
I don't think the state of the roads in NL would be very healthy on a piece equipment like this, especially in Labrador where the better part of the roads are gravel (dust) if there are any roads at all.
Not until 2008 will the TLH be completed as a dirt road.
Personally I don't think our health care system will recover until some sort of vested interest is implemented.
EX: you have to pay one dollar on every 100$ of your health care costs. Could even be a % of your income. I realize it isn't much but for some it could be too much and for others it would be enough to stop abuses of the system. It could also be used in reparations for geographical and location disparities discrimination.
The delicacy and expense of these specialized machines precludes the unwise management decisions of "road trips" especially in a province with more square miles/person per capita than New Brunswick. For NB to move an MRI around also seems to waste utilization (diagnostic time) during travel time.
1$ dollar on every 100$ health care $ expense as a deterent and vested interest?
The funds could and should be used to help out he lest fortunate. generally speaking the sick and elderly are the less fortunate.
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