tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post4253864860561241224..comments2024-03-27T01:58:22.445-07:00Comments on The Gazetteer: Stay Christy, Stay!...(v7.0)RossKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-18171929273110856752012-05-02T20:00:00.701-07:002012-05-02T20:00:00.701-07:00The areas currently each have a hospital. The nee...The areas currently each have a hospital. The need for that will not deminish as time passes. Having one hospital half way between the two areas will only lead to problems for all.<br /><br />There is little to no bus service in the area propsed for the one hospital, so how would employee's get to work? How would people get to the hospital to be admitted or others to visit? Would hospital volunteers be willing to spend additional time & money for gas reaching their destination?<br />Hospitals need to be on an active bus line.<br /><br />A couple of months ago we had an extremely strong wind & rain storm. Some roads were not passable. Power was out in areas for up to 3 days. This happens every couple of yrs. Why build a hospital in an area which would be difficult to reach for ambulances, staff, RCMP, patients, etc.<br /><br />Campbell River & Comox Valley are both growing, just check out all the new homes being built. We have an aging population in both areas & more seniors moving in all the time. Each area will continue to need a hospital of its own. <br /><br />These areas are not like in the lower mainland. Our weather can be more extreme & the roads less passable in extreme weather. One concern is the lack of highway snow removal. If the highway is blocked with snow how will anyone, including ambulances get to the hospital?<br /><br />As to competing for staff & equipment, the government has an obligation to provide such equipment. That they fail to do so for lots of hospitals will not remedy the situation, by having just one hospital. <br /><br />Both Campbell River & the Comox Valley have active fund raising for their hospitals. I would not expect that level of fundraising to happen with just one hospital. No one would feel it was part of their community.<br /><br />The real problem is the two hospitals have not had sufficient funds from the government over the past 10 yrs to maintain them in proper condition.<br /><br />Campbell River & the Comox Valley each need their own hospital for the types of things that go wrong with people. The really major items would not be dealt with in even a one hospital situation. Children would still hve to go to Childrens' Hospital in Vancouver. Cancer clincs are only in major centres & the very best surgeons, etc. still are in areas such as the lower mainland & greater Victoria because the major hospitals are there. <br /><br />In the end given past practises of government we would have one empty hospital anyhow. <br /><br />We can only hope the current provincial government goes away sooner than later. Perhaps then health care will become more of a priority than stadiums & their roofs & highways to Whistler.e.a.f.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-63917550433502980082012-05-02T13:12:16.142-07:002012-05-02T13:12:16.142-07:00RossK and Robert Matas put too much faith in the v...RossK and Robert Matas put too much faith in the views of Paul Rudan. VIHA originally proposed and promoted a "one-hospital" model, which proved to be so unpopular north of Comox that it was dropped in favour of the proposal now announced. It was also unpopular with the vast majority of the medical community, so it's far from clear who the "many health professionals" Rudan talked to actually were.<br />What RossK doesn't seem to get is that there are already two old, overcrowded hospitals here. Between them, they already offer a full range of services. That will not change, and neither Comox-Courtenay nor Campbell River has any problem attracting and holding medical specialists. Of course people from our area will continue to be referred to bigger centres for procedures like cancer treatment, but a change to that model was never part of VIHA's plans for the area.<br />So Christy isn't at fault for this one: this is instead a good example of a bureaucracy following the wishes of the electorate, strongly encouraged, in this case, by a popular NDP MLA, Claire Trevena!Justus Havelaarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18396665577788329245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-50891308138494655982012-05-02T08:53:20.832-07:002012-05-02T08:53:20.832-07:00"talk-show government"
Love it............<i>"talk-show government"</i><br /><br />Love it............kootcoothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11344208424209840730noreply@blogger.com