A number of my community constituents talked to me while I was in Fort Good Hope. They said when they go to the health centre and they complain about a sore back or sore stomach, the nurse usually refers them to Tylenol, Extra Strength Tylenol. She says, here, take this and come back. Usually when they come back, it’s serious. It’s sore and she again gives them Tylenol. I want to ask the Minister if this method can be stopped and the Minister can ask the health centres if they ask for testing, because we don’t have doctors all the time in the health centres, that they could go for further testing if it’s a sore stomach or
back and people know there is something that is possibly there.
People know their bodies really well. They know they need to get tested. We need to get support from the department. Can the Minister give directions to the health centres where physicians are not always there on a 24-hour basis?