Further Tales of the Medical "Que" Up There in Canada
We need accountability in health care notes a grass roots Canadian campaign newsletter.
The self written and distributed newsletter notes that “….. then there is the “stupid” decision to cut back on emergency services at the Seven Oaks Hospital in Winnipeg Canada. It seems that after a major update to the emergency department of this major regional medical center’s emergency department that the working hours of the emergency department were cut back. Talk about the left hand not knowing what the right hand was doing – in plain site. The amazing part is that even with press releases on the openings of the updated unit complete with a ribbon cutting ceremony and a how to reach pdf being written and offered on the actual hospital website the cutbacks went into place.
Phase 1 of New Emergency Department is now complete!
Phase 1 of the new Seven Oaks Hospital Emergency Department is now complete. A Ribbon Cutting Ceremony officially opening the new facility was held on August 19.
“This state-of-the-art department was designed to ensure we can provide our citizens with the best emergency care possible,” said Health Minister Theresa Oswald. “This expanded emergency department means improved care for patients and their families, and a better work environment for our health-care professionals.”
Please see the attached .pdf files for information on the new facility and Press Release.
Phase 1 of New Emergency Department is now complete!
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| When To Go To The ER.pdf | 91.71 KB |
| New Emergency Department Ribbon Cutting.pdf | 297.45 KB |
| Press Release August 18 2008.pdf | 100.58 KB |
If one looks at a map of the coverage area of the catchment areas of the Seven Oaks Hospital (SOGH) is clearly visible. There are no other major regional medical centers what so ever in the adjacent local and rural areas just north of the only major center in this very large geographic areas of the Province of Manitoba.
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Manitoba is the easternmost of the three Prairie Provinces. Comparatively level, Manitoba generally ranges from 490-ft./150 m to 980-ft./300 m above sea level. Baldy Mountain is Manitoba’s highest point, at 2727 ft./831 m. Agricultural land lies in a triangle, bordering Saskatchewan and the U.S., cutting diagonally across lake Winnipeg. The northern 3/5 of Manitoba is Precambrian Shield. In northernmost Manitoba lies tundra and permafrost (permanently frozen subsoil). All waters in Manitoba flow to Hudson Bay. Before settlement, a large area of southern Manitoba was flood plain or swamp. An extensive system of drainage ditches had to be constructed throughout south central Manitoba to make the region suitable for cultivation. |
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source: http://www.travelmanitoba.com/default.asp?page=130&node=585
Further the writer of this article notes: ” Cutting back these emergency services goes against the concept of community based hospitals, which if managed properly are more cost effective and can provide the same level of care as the Health Sciences Center ( the major teaching hospital and medical center in the major and dominant city of Winnipeg in the whole Canadian Province of Manitoba ).
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source: http://www.hsc.mb.ca/ The writer of the pamphlet goes on to say “ What I have found over the last few weeks , and time period, is that many healthcare workers ( in the City of Winnipeg and Manitoba Canada areas), in general , are very opinionated about the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (W.H.R.A.).
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