International Health Policy Expert Finds Plan to Close Five Hospitals in Niagara
Threatens Patient Safety and Contains "Glaring Omissions"
(firmenpresse) - WELLAND, ONTARIO -- (Marketwired) -- 03/30/15 -- An international health policy expert warned that the plan to close five hospitals in Niagara risks patient safety, "lacks any rational justification" and contains "glaring omissions". In two press conferences today in Welland and Niagara-on-the-Lake, Dr. John Lister, author of two books on global health reform and professor at Coventry University, joined from the U.K. by video conference and reviewed his analysis of the documents and reports used by the Minister and the LHIN to approve the closures of five communities'' hospitals across Niagara. Dr. Lister outlined his concerns about the plans based on his decades of experience reviewing hospital planning and restructuring documents. His findings are contained in a report released by the Ontario Health Coalition today, available at .
The first of the five hospitals to be closed is in Niagara-on-the-Lake. The planned closure of all inpatient services is supposed to be completed by April 1, but the Ontario Health Coalition has learned that patients still occupy the beds. The LHIN approved a motion to recommend that the Minister reclassify the hospital as an ambulatory care centre (without any inpatient services) based on former NHS Supervisor Kevin Smith''s recommendations and additional reports.
Dr. Lister reviewed all of the publicly published documents considered by the LHIN and Minister pertaining to the planned hospital closures in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Port Colborne, Fort Erie, Niagara Falls and Welland.
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The Health Coalition is calling on Health Minister Dr. Eric Hoskins, at minimum, to immediately stop the closure of the hospitals across Niagara, and restore the services that are currently being closed in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
Contacts:
Natalie Mehra
Executive Director
Ontario Health Coalition
(416) 230-6402
Sue Hotte
Niagara Health Coalition Chair
(905) 932-1646
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Datum: 30.03.2015 - 09:04 Uhr
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