Saskatchewan will be going to the voting poles on Monday November 7th 2011, and to no surprise for many, a promise of a new hospital was made by the party seeking re-election. Four years ago the same promise was made, now the Saskatchewan party is saying, "See, we now have a completion date for your new hospital."
Moose Jaw is currently a 100 bed hospital in need of a lot of upgrades. What the Saskatchewan Party has announced is a new "30% smaller" but state of the art hospital of this city of 31,000 +. The new facility will be run as a "lean business", thus, they figure, reducing costs, waiting times for surgery, etc.
As it stands now there are not enough beds in Moose Jaw, not enough nursing homes and not enough doctors. We are going to lose more doctors if this government gets re-elected for they have no idea what health care is really all about, much less what health care consumers really need.
My hope is that the doctors in this area will speak up, and loudly, for they are the only ones to whom governments ever really and truly listen to.
As for you nurses out there, for gods sakes, more importantly for your patient's sakes....say something...and say it loudly!
