Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the issue of wait times in Yellowknife is one with a number of components. The Member is correct that when we switched from fee-for-service to salary, the number of patients seen did drop. We have added doctors. In addition, we're also looking at some of the other complexities; for example, the fact that the doctors are employees of the Yellowknife Health and Social Services Board, but spend the majority of their time working at Stanton. We're looking at how the emergency room is structured. We're looking at the possibility of integrating the three downtown clinics into one more efficient and effective clinic that will have the capacity to provide some of the basic clinic services that right now they can't, such as basic outpatient services, X-rays and such, that now they have to go to Stanton to get. This is an issue with many component pieces. Thank you.
Michael Miltenberger on Question 382-15(3): Access To Medical Services
In the Legislative Assembly on February 15th, 2005. See this statement in context.
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