Fighting for Health Care

To people from other countries: thank you for sharing in our news on this topic. Health care is an issue in many countries and worth fighting for. Good luck in your own countries in doing what you can to maintain what level of care you have and even increase it, especially in rural areas.

From saveournurse.wordpress.com :

Junior Theriault on Karen’s departureDigby, NS) The MLA for Digby-Annapolis says Maureen MacDonald has failed her first test as Minister of Health and has failed the people of Digby Neck.

Harold “Junior” Theriault says MacDonald has a responsibility to the 1500 people who depend on the services of the Islands Health Centre. Since the South West Nova District Health Authority dismissed the permanent nurse practitioner, residents have had sporadic health care services in the community.

“The people of Digby Neck want to know why the Minister of Health continues to back the District Health Authority, when it has lost the confidence of the people it is supposed to serve,” said Theriault. “The unfair treatment of a dedicated health care professional has created a lack of trust among residents. They need answers.”

The Minister has repeatedly refused to deal directly with the dismissal of Karen Snider, the nurse practitioner, while publicly backing the District Health Authority.

“The Minister is using every possible opportunity to insulate herself from the concerns and desires of the people who use that clinic,” said Theriault. “She is failing to take responsibility for the delivery of healthcare to the people of Digby Neck. She is letting them down.”