Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question is to the Minister of Health and Social Services. It is regarding the whole issue of health care in the Mackenzie Delta; regarding the concerns that I have heard from several people, leaders, chiefs, elders to the type of service and care that they are presently being given, especially where there is an instance where they are misdiagnosed and in regard to the large cases of cancer that seems to be in the region where people are told that they have ulcers or they have pneumonia and the next thing they know, they have full blown cancer. I think the concern that the region has is because there is such a large turnover of doctors and nurses between the time of visits of the doctors that every time they go there, they have to see a different doctor who gives them a different prescription or basically, they do not understand each other because of the cultural differences. My question to the Minister is, with all of these concerns in relation to the health care system in my region, what is the avenue for people to raise these concerns in feeling that they have been mistreated or misdiagnosed in regard to health care? I think health care is something that you should be able to believe in and have a trust in, where you feel that when you go there that something will be done or basically, your problem will be dealt with. I think if this is the case, we are finding out that there is a lot of concerns in people's minds, are we getting the health care that we deserve? My question to the Minister is, what is his department going to do to ensure that these concerns of the people are going to be dealt with?
David Krutko on Question 65-13(5): Mackenzie Delta Health Concerns
In the Legislative Assembly on January 22nd, 1998. See this statement in context.
Question 65-13(5): Mackenzie Delta Health Concerns
Item 7: Oral Questions
January 21st, 1998
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