Gynecological Oncologists in Newfoundland and Labrador Stand up to Newfoundland Minister of Health, Ross Wiseman
- By Cameron Inquiry
- Published 08/6/2008
Cameron Inquiry
Cameron Inquiry is a resident of Newfoundland and Labrador who is somewhat outraged and disgusted at what has transpired in the Health Care System in Newfoundland and Labrador leading up to the revelation of the faulty hormone receptor tests and the impact that this scandal has had on the lives of the breast cancer patients and their families.
The line has been drawn in the sand. Three Newfoundland and Labrador gynecological oncologists have set the date to resign, challenging the Newfoundland and Labrador Minister of Health, Ross Wiseman, MHA for Trinity North to do something for a health care sytem in crisis. Unfortunately, the Minister of Health does not seem to be taking this too seriously. He made a statement indicating that Newfoundland and Labrador would send cancer patients out of the province if required.
I don't profess to be an expert in Government financing, but to me, would it not cost more to send these patients out of province and pay for their stay, and their health care in another province that it would to fix the current problems here in Newfoundland and Labrador? Have the oil riches really swollen the heads of the provincial politicians that much?
Health Minister Ross Wiseman should realize that sending people out of the province
will do nothing to cure the problem. It will however, cause hardships for the families of the cancer patients. Those suffering from cancer will lose their support lines, family, and friends who could be there to help out. Families will be burdened financially if a family member has to travel as well, and there is always the constant worry if things are going "OK" out of province.
One must wonder what is up with Premier Danny Williams? This is two ministers in his government that appear to have truly lost it. First the Minister of Education who I have dubbed Jettison Joan, who is throwing potential candidates for the position of MUN president out of her office faster than a moose trying to cross the TCH. And now it's the Minister of Health, Ross "Not Such A" Wiseman.
I will be glad when the House of Assembly sits again and Danny boy is back from vacation. He can crack his whip and bite a few ankles in his bulldog fashion and put things in order once again!
I don't profess to be an expert in Government financing, but to me, would it not cost more to send these patients out of province and pay for their stay, and their health care in another province that it would to fix the current problems here in Newfoundland and Labrador? Have the oil riches really swollen the heads of the provincial politicians that much?
Health Minister Ross Wiseman should realize that sending people out of the province
One must wonder what is up with Premier Danny Williams? This is two ministers in his government that appear to have truly lost it. First the Minister of Education who I have dubbed Jettison Joan, who is throwing potential candidates for the position of MUN president out of her office faster than a moose trying to cross the TCH. And now it's the Minister of Health, Ross "Not Such A" Wiseman.
I will be glad when the House of Assembly sits again and Danny boy is back from vacation. He can crack his whip and bite a few ankles in his bulldog fashion and put things in order once again!
