4 more sleeps until we can get together as a community and have a discussion and share our vision of healthcare at Douglas Memorial and our Urgent Care
I know some people have been turned away from the Urgent Care and others just can't be bothered trying to save it because it has been a done deal for some time. Niagara Health has been following a plan that was devised some time ago - I just hope everyone realizes that a lot has changed in a short period of time. Niagara Health has said it's not about the money, Ontario Health says they have the money, but it's the people actually doing the work that says that having their increases capped, having the Ontario government fight them in court repeatedly is senseless and shows little respect that these workers do day in day out. They are there to comfort your sick children. They hold the hand of your dying parent, they forge ahead and onto the next patient to start all over again.
If the government was serious about hiring to fill the staffing shortages so our workers could take time to recharge themselves they had plenty of time to show they were being proactive but instead they continue to fight them in court and create more log jams in large city centre emergency rooms by closing the small and rural hospitals and their emergency rooms. Someone has to see that following an old strategic plan is wrongheaded. We have to pay our workers properly, we have to provide them adequate time to take care of patients and their families and they have to make sure that staff is being allowed time to recharge. Just how much overtime can one person work before they break down themselves.
Small and rural hospitals can be the answer .
Let's return our Urgent Care to 24/7 it doesn't mean you have to stop building large city centres but there is a place for our community hospital too- all you have to do is include it as part of your plan!
This is why we need you to come out to the public meeting Nov 30th at 6:30 at the Fort Erie Leisureplex Banquet Hall -See you there!
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