Re: We've Had Enough - November 7, 2008

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To the editor of the Sudbury Star,
(Published November 21, 2008 as Letter of the Day)

Kudos to the Ontario Government and the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care for their cunning. As I suspected when they created the Local Health Integration Networks, these agencies are not there to promote solutions to local health care issues. They are there to provide one layer of bureaucratic insulation protecting the government from facing the needs of our hospitals and citizens.

The MOH spokesman says they can't do anything because the matter is being discussed between the hospital and the LHIN. The LHIN says it doesn't have any money to address the issue, stonewalling the cries for help from SRH. The situation is critical, Ms. Kaminski has pointed out this will be even worse due to reduced beds when the one site hospital is complete and the Province (remember them, the buck stops there) hides behind the LHIN.

This has been going on for far to long without any meaningful action being taken. What does it take to get the politicians in Toronto (where they have a number of hospitals to serve them) off their rear ends to do what they are mandated to do? I've been ready to do whatever is necessary for some time and, now that the doctors have finally had enough, tell me where to be and what to do.