Alfred Moses on Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

In the Legislative Assembly on February 18th, 2015. 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 17th, 2015

Alfred Moses Inuvik Boot Lake

I think the next question that I have in line deals with the ambulatory care services. On a couple of occasions during my term, we have had

infants that were born in the Beaufort-Delta in the Inuvik Regional Hospital that were born with jaundice. I’ve asked twice in this House about BiliBlankets. I believe they only have one at the Inuvik Hospital. Should two babies that are born with jaundice happen to be born at the same time, one will be able to get the phototherapy that they need with the blanket, but the other one we’d have to send out on a medevac and those are thousands and thousands of dollars if compared to if we just purchased another blanket.

Can I get an update on whether or not the department has taken any action on this or, in fact, maybe you have an inventory on how many BiliBlankets we have throughout the Northwest Territories. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

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Alfred Moses on Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

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