I noted that under the capital item in regard to health care administration services, in regard to the community health centres, out of that budget item, we are paying for health centres. I’ll use Tsiigehtchic, for instance, where I actually have a physical building on the ground, we’re heating it, we’re basically paying to keep the lights on, but yet we don’t have nurses in it. I’d like to know exactly how many centres are we paying for that are presently not being utilized in light of not having nurses there. We had the situation in Tsiigehtchic in regard to the health centre there where we had an incident where an individual couldn’t get to the health centre and no one had the keys to the health centre, yet there was a possibility that could have assisted in that individual saving their life. Because of that situation, the community is very upset. You have a health centre there and you’ve got money budgeted for it, but nothing is being done to fill those health centres and make them functional. We’re spending money on it, so why aren’t we utilizing those facilities by having people there?
David Krutko on Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 12th, 2009. See this statement in context.
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
February 11th, 2009
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