I think the Member is quite incorrect in saying that the patient was sent where
the patient was not being treated. That is not correct, and that is questioning the capacity of doctors to do their work, Mr. Speaker. This patient — and I keep saying this — was monitored. She was being tested. It was important that she was monitored. She was being treated.
I think it’s quite inappropriate, actually, for us to talk about individual health situations, and I think it’s wrong for the Member to say this person was not treated. It is just that she didn’t have her own room. I understand, given her circumstances — she had a young baby and another daughter — it would have been much better for her to have been in her own room, but the decision was made that it was better for her to stay in emergency until she could get her own room. If she checked out — and she had the option to check out — she would not be on that waiting list.
So it was a medical decision that was made, and I think that we as the political masters have to be careful about questioning the practices and work of medical professionals.