Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Can the Minister tell me if there are other service providers in the medical field, dentists or what not, who may have clinics in other communities, that demand a similar arrangement as we are doing for the clinics in Yellowknife?
Debates of Nov. 15th, 2000
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Joe Handley Weledeh
Mr. Chairman, we have already done it in most other places, including Inuvik. It is done.
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Does the Minister have a breakdown of exactly where it has been done and which clinics we have taken over with regard to this program?
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Jane Groenewegen Hay River South
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The GNWT or the boards currently own all of the medical clinics in the Northwest Territories. The one in Inuvik was purchased, also Hay River. In Fort Smith, the clinic operates out of the main building that is the hospital. In Fort Simpson, the doctors operate the clinic out of the health care centre there. Where we did not already have infrastructure in place, we have purchased all of the private clinics in the Northwest Territories. Yellowknife was the last community to be purchased.
Going back to your question about the dental clinics, dental clinics are run in a different fashion and no, there have not been any requests to buy dental clinics and there probably will not be unless we face a similar situation where the dentists start leaving en masse.
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The Chair Paul Delorey
Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. We are on page 9, Health and Social Services, health insurance programs, not previously authorized, $3,409,000.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Paul Delorey
Primary and acute care programs, not previously authorized, $1,035,000. Mr. Dent.
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Charles Dent Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. My questions relate to the $552,000 in here to provide funding for a portion of the Stanton Regional Hospital Board's 1999-2000 deficit that resulted from volume increases within patient care programs. I believe this is about half of the deficit that was accrued to the year 1999-2000. Could I find out if that is the case?
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Charles Dent Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I know that the Minister responsible for Health and Social Services has said that in dealing with deficit elimination programs at the hospital, the hospital is not going to be allowed to reduce services. If this $552,000 is a result of volume increases, is this government then saying that the balance that is owing is a result of poor management or inefficiencies at the hospital?
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Joe Handley Weledeh
Mr. Chairman, that is why we are doing a review. I think the board is already involved in that and doing a recovery plan. We do not know whether it is poor management or there are other reasons and so on.
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Charles Dent Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. If it is not found that there is a problem with the administration, in other words the administration is competent, then can we expect to see a supplementary for a similar amount to fully fund the deficit for a previous year?
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Joe Handley Weledeh
Mr. Chairman, we are currently doing an operational audit. I suppose the answer to that question depends on the findings of the operational audit. Thank you.
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Charles Dent Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. At this point, it leads me to be a bit concerned. I know that if the hospital had a deficit of over one million dollars last year that this is half of it. I know that they proposed to the Minister in July a number of steps that they could take in terms of a deficit reduction program. If they still have not been allowed to take a program or to take any steps in that deficit program, are we still looking at another million dollar deficit this year?