Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in any one of our hospitals, not just in Stanton, but in any one of our hospitals, so Inuvik and Hay River, you know, the thing is they all have a manager, they all have someone that they have level of acuity. So any given day it's not the same every day. And so the beginning of every shift, you know -- and if we're going to get down into operations, the beginning of every shift there is a level of care that's needed for those patients. I mean, I can talk about this all day. I don't know if the Speaker will give it to me but what I can say is that, you know, these patients that -- the patients that we have and the conversation that we've been having is nursing assistants from the Member's statements yesterday. You know, there is a higher level of patients that need -- and we call ADLs, activities of daily living. So those are patients that high needs for their -- you know, they need help with -- assistance with eating and bathing and those types of things. Those patients are sitting in our medicine units and our acute care units and they -- you know, and so we need extra nursing assistance to do that, and that's what this money has been providing. And with the new funding, you know, there are positions there that are going to mitigate that. So if there's a concern that there's not going to be adequate staffing levels, like I said yesterdaywe will not compromise patient care. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Lesa Semmler on Question 74-20(1): Healthcare Staffing
In the Legislative Assembly on February 21st, 2024. See this statement in context.
Question 74-20(1): Healthcare Staffing
Oral Questions
February 21st, 2024
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