Comments on: Here’s Your Chance To Be Heard On Fair Access For All To Hospital Services – Ontario Health Coalition To Hold Hearing In Niagara

By: Anne Kranics

Anne Kranics — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:26:47 +0000

Mr. McGuinty’s letter to Joy Russell
was a transparent , insulting reply …..the people who voted you in are pleading with you to see the damage that is being caused by your less than empathetic approach to LIFE AND DEATH situations!
You were elected and your duty is to support the people NOT the “health care partners” such as the NHS,LLIN,& the HIP. You are the leader and the person who is held to be responsible for what is happening!!! You have failed miserably and left Niagara in general in utter CHAOS!! Because you have pillaged Fort Erie & Port Colborne, it is common sense to know & see happening before our eyes that Niagara Falls & Welland are next & in this chain reaction there will be “no room in the inn” at the Centre of Excellence & therefore the population of St. Catharines is and will continue to suffer.HOW CAN ONE HOSPITAL DO WHAT FOUR HOSPITALS DID??WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO FIT A SQUARE PEG IN A ROUND HOLE??The factual ” horror stories” are out there!! You have heard them and know what this “change in delivery” you say so calmly is and has done. Deb Mathews is another or your reps that will follow your orders and the” financial gravy train “until it is derailed.You and your party are a disgrace to human kind and should be very ashamed of yourselves. You have robbed poor innocent people who entrusted you with not only their tax dollars but their lives. The promise is “FAIR & EQUAL HEALTH CARE FOR ALL”which you’ve taken from us in the most devious ways!
GOD HELP YOU AND US !!! anne

By: Angela Browne

Angela Browne — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:24:15 +0000

It’s not just the southern tier of Niagara that will suffer. We will all suffer. This proposal is a “centres of excellence” proposal, not a “centre of excellence”, meaning each of the three main hospitals will be doing different things … you better hope you have the correct ailments that match the services of the hospital closest to you or you are out of luck if you don’t drive.

By: William Hogg

William Hogg — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:22:52 +0000

While recently in the North visiting family, I met and spoke with the Chairman of the Premier’s Panel on outlying hospitals. Mr. Hal Fjelsted, also CEO of Kirkland & District Hospital, is no ‘yes-man.’ He fully understands his mandate. It was apparent, however, that our so-called ‘representative’ (appointed by J. Gledhill of LHIN) had not been adequately briefing the panel, at least about Fort Erie. Hal NOW has the concerns (at least as perceived by this informal ‘emissary’) of Niagara’s southern tier in the forefront of his mind.