Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I met a number of months ago now with YACCS and I met with the Social Programs committee on this issue. I believe that I have also written to the Yellowknife MLAs who are supporting this project. Basically what is currently happening is we are in the process of completing a report that's due in November. It's going to look at facility usage across the Northwest Territories in terms of acute care beds and long-term care beds and the issue of dementia and how it impacts not only Yellowknife, but Hay River, Inuvik, Fort Smith and Simpson, all the places that have facilities. As I indicated to the executive of YACCS, the Yellowknife proposal that has been done is going to be part of those deliberations. That will be part of the report that I will be bringing back to Cabinet and to the Social Programs committee that will lay out how we are going to reprofile some of the resources as they relate to a surplus of acute care beds, as well as how we are proposing to move ahead to deal with the issue of dementia and dealing with the cognitively impaired across the Northwest Territories, including Yellowknife. Thank you.
Michael Miltenberger on Question 319-15(3): Yaccs Proposal For Facility Use
In the Legislative Assembly on October 27th, 2004. See this statement in context.
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Question 319-15(3): Yaccs Proposal For Facility Use
Item 6: Oral Questions
October 26th, 2004
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