Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I can review it, but we do have the exception policy. So the role of the health care practitioner is to make the assessment, provide the recommendation for an escort. That recommendation must be explicit to the reason for a request. A lot of times the request is care and compassion, and I get that -- you know, if I could give everybody a care and compassion escort, you know, I would not be liked by my colleagues very much. You know, because it's going to be -- like, the amount of people that are travelling in the Northwest Territories -- I think we provided a report, and I can find that report and send it off to Members. But I think we move about 40 to almost 50,000 people a year in medical travel and so if every one of those we were to give an escort to, you know, it starts to -- it adds up. And so -- but it's also the role of the physician who is making the recommendation to be specific on the needs of what that person is doing. Like the Member said, and I won't speak to individual cases, but they have to be very specific. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Lesa Semmler on Question 214-20(1): Medical Travel Policy
In the Legislative Assembly on May 29th, 2024. See this statement in context.
Question 214-20(1): Medical Travel Policy
Oral Questions
May 29th, 2024
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