Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the other day the Minister said something along the lines of -- you know, when I asked her could Hay River -- I guess she said could Hay River do better, I guess, at hiring doctors than the NTH SSA. Well, I know we couldn't do any worse because we just don't have the full complement of doctors. We don't have enough. So I think it's -- you know, we have an opportunity. I hear the agreement is coming up between the NTH SSA and Hay River. And I'm just wondering if the Minister's willing to discuss moving physician recruitment to the Hay River's SSA and try it out and see what happens, because I think that if we're -- I'm hoping that if we're selling it ourselves, maybe we could do a better job at it. I don't know. But right now we've got to do something because, you know, health is important in Hay River; it's important to the people. You know, I hear more and more complaints, people not getting proper care. You know, I hear of people, you know, going south on their own dime now to try and find doctors that they could rely on. And so we've got to do something. And it's getting critical. And the other issue too is that, you know, without doctors, the staff are getting stressed out. And I'm afraid what's going to happen is that we're going to see some of them exit and go to places where they have doctors, such as Yellowknife or down south. Thank you.
Rocky Simpson on Question 1455-19(2): Rabies and Vaccination of Dogs
In the Legislative Assembly on March 8th, 2023. See this statement in context.
Question 1455-19(2): Rabies and Vaccination of Dogs
Oral Questions
March 8th, 2023
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