Lack of surgeon put lives at risk
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Regarding the 24-hour lapse in surgical availability at Brandon Regional Health Centre last Thursday, the minister of health gave an irrelevant response about overall surgery numbers being up. The statement fails to acknowledge that this incident could have endangered lives.
This is like a transportation minister saying that everything is fine after a bridge collapses because pothole repairs are up.
I once had four fractures to an ankle and foot. There was no orthopedic surgeon available here in the entire Province of Medical Vacuumland, so I had to be driven to Yorkton, Sask., after two days in a temporary cast.
Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara: "An irrelevant response." (File)
Years later, an acquaintance of mine was told by a Calgary ER doctor that he and his wife were fortunate to be on vacation, as her stroke was not survivable in Manitoba.
The NDP governed at both these times. Everyone seems to know that our health care here is pathetic except the minister.
So when they say the previous government’s performance was abysmal, it’s like the second person to collapse at a marathon passing judgment on the first. Neither was even close to the finish line.
BRIAN BLACKMORE
Brandon