Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Okay, just, if we've got nine or 10 dialysis machines we have more on the books here, which is good. My next question is, why are they all here or in Fort Smith? Why don't we have dialysis machines out in the small, remote centres, like in the valley communities, Fort Simpson, Norman Wells, even Hay River? Because I know when I visit the hospital I see people there that are from these communities, or close to them, that are just here because they have to be on dialysis machines. But I don't see any point in people even coming here and being on dialysis machines if they're withering away, they're homesick, they're slowly dying, they're mind is slowly just fading away, and yet we're keeping him alive by saying, well, they've got to stay here because we have dialysis machines. I think we should put more out in the smaller communities, train people to use them. Whether it's putting them on the books, I don't think $60,000 is an exorbitant amount of money, especially if we've got territorial Stanton hospital in the likes of $27.7 million in the next four years. You can buy a lot of dialysis machines with that and do a lot of training. Is there consideration for, you know...I don't see any of these smaller communities on this capital assets list that have dialysis machines listed. Why is that? Is it all going to be here all the time? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Robert Villeneuve on Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 20th, 2006. See this statement in context.
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 20th, 2006
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