Daily Archives: February 28, 2010

The Silent Forces Behind The Niagara Health System And Our Diminishing Hospital Services

By William Hogg, MD

Most people in Niagara see the Niagara Health System as an ogre.
 
Health care delivery here is bad. The lay-administrators of Niagara Health System (NHS), who should be focused on balancing finances properly, have stuck their noses into medical matters and thoroughly botched them.

Emergency department closures in the southern tier of Niagara are just part of the fiasco. But they are enough to gain the bureaucrats a new and sinister slogan to play with: NHS = DOA!!!
 
Not a happy thought. And so recently borne out by the untimely death of an exceptionally promising young girl, Reilly Anzovino. Continue reading