| # | Name | Comments |
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| 101 | Bo Prus | |
| 102 | Don Matheson | Rehab needs to be kept public. Private rehab has no place in a public funded hospital |
| 103 | Ms. Brenda Clermont | The health and well being of your voting public is not for sale! Keep public services public. |
| 104 | Sher Brown | |
| 105 | bruce mackenzie | |
| 106 | Jeff Pollard | This is an outrage! What happened to ensuring w never have a two-tiered health care system? |
| 107 | Hubert Mcculloch | This administrator is only interested in the bottom line at the expense to Kincardine hospital ,it is time to replace him with someone that cares about keeping services at the Kincardine Hospital.Maybe we should go back to the way we were prior to the hospital amalgamation,we had more health services available at the Kincardine hospital then. |
| 108 | Marcus Wadsworth | |
| 109 | Petrina Dolby | |
| 110 | Marcel Labonte | I work hard in our community to raise funds for the hospital,please keep physiotherapy public. |
| 111 | E. Jane Farrell | This decision makes our health system/status very fragile. It's becoming more and more of a two-tier [deteriorating] Health System, making clients/patients fall into larger cracks ... therefore no medical follow-up in our community post-surgery or post injury.
Physiotherapy is for prevention of injuries and for maintaining our ability to function independently as long as we are able to, within our community. We want to keep our independence ... rather than being dependent.
This should NOT be under the umbrella of pay-for-fee services. Our population is aging and we need this service, as they are the most vulnerable with limited incomes, therefore no ability/funding to afford this service.
This foreshadows what is to come, in regards to the rest of our services that are being slowly eroded away. |
| 112 | Mary & Michael Allen | Seems to me that since the hospitals were grouped, Kincardine is losing services all the time. No ob-gyn, no peds, now now physio. Maybe we should try going back to running our own hospital for our own town. |
| 113 | J F/M E Ferguson | Ms. Mitchell has been very silent on this matter. |
| 114 | Esther Dietrich | |
| 115 | Kelly | |
| 116 | Annabelle Aitchison | I used Kincardine physio services this past winter while recovering from knee replacement and at the start could not have possibly stood a 45 minute drive. Also being farmers we do not have coverage and are being unfairly treated over this. |
| 117 | Tracey Fratepietro | Listen up folks, this is just one small step toward the privatization of the ENTIRE health care system. If we can save this system for our later years and for our children, we have to speak up now. Don't let it happen!!! Let the government know that it will not be tolerated by the people who elected them. |
| 118 | Anonymous | |
| 119 | Gail Walden | |
| 120 | Anonymous | I am appalled that Physiotherapy services are being curtailed and are dependant on a long drive (the roads are often closed in the winter) or payment. Many people are on very tight budgets. The cost of gas is escalating and Global Warming is upon us. We are supposed to travel less. Phyiotherapy gets people back on their feet and functional. Without it many will be unable to be independant and safe. The cost to the taxpayer will be even higher as more people will be admitted to hospital and longterm care facilities.
Please do not privatize Physiotherapy. This is the thin edge of the wedge --- what will go next? Stop the privatization of our health care now!!!! |
| 121 | Lori Woodhall | We are a growing community is the answer really to take from a growing community??? First our maturnity ward, then our physiotherapy department....whats next the hospital. I think the board better do some more thinking about this. It's no wonder we have a hard time getting doctors to come to Kincardine! I urge the board to think stongly about this..I have 3 kids and we have a hard enough time putting gas in our vehicle I don't need to have to worry about another expense that I may need or my family in the future. I would also like to see Kincardine get their maturnity ward back. I had to have 2 of my kids out of town and it was a constant worry for me, what if I start to deliver in the car..what if....what if. I think this really needs to be thought through alot closer and I pray that the right decisions are made. |
| 122 | Amy Fry | Keep the physio department. Our community needs these services. |
| 123 | W Ralph Thacker | Kincardine has the largest population of the four SBGH hospitals and is the fastest growth area of the four sites so why are services being removed
to the smaller sites by C A O P. Davies. Perhaps a Ministry of Health or LHIN investigation is required.
Three of the SBGH hospitals are within 15 miles of each other while Kincardine is 30+ miles distant ?? |
| 124 | Robert & Erna Hunter | We think, "enough is enough",of the cuts. We realize there is no free lunch & services have to be paid for one way or another & in our experience taxes are the better & cheaper way. The experience with our 1st PPP hospital is an example of "private savings"; way over budget for a facility much smaller than contracted for. Having lived in the USA for many years & having good medical coverage for a "lot of money" we understand how corrupt & expensive a system can be. We would really like our "old" medical system back where good access was available & the UN rated us # 1 place in the world to live for many years; sadly all gone as we sink lower & lower in the community of nations. Privatization of public services hasn't worked anywhere in the world & we sure aren't going to be the first if what is happening is any example. It would be nice if instead of having a "sham" democracy obligated to the corporations & elites we could go back to the old way where the people were factored in the equation!!! |
| 125 | Jesse Antler | |
| 126 | Gilda McFarlane | |
| 127 | Do Not Agree | The union needs to stop pretending they are doing this for the public. Thousands of studies have shown that private treatment offers better care for patients than public treatment. This is because public health care workers are not responsible for ensuring satisfaction of patients, as their jobs do not depend on it. A private company can just be replaced with a better company. A public, unionized employee cannot be fired, as they will then grieve it, which then leads to costly arbitration and mediation. Therefore, management usually doesn't bother with it unless there are very large problems.
The union is doing this because they know they have not been providing the highest quality of care and they are afraid that they will have to step up to the plate.
There is a common saying in private physiotherapy clinics...never hire a physiotherapist who has worked in a public hospital for more than 3 years. They can't handle the workload and pressure of a real workplace and they aren't protected. |
| 128 | Marcel Dorey | I believe that someone is trying to destroy our hospital and has been doing so for some time. We want our hospital back ASAP. We went alone for a long time and we can do it again. Enough is enough. The CEO has to go now. Stop sending our stuff to Walkerton. |
| 129 | Ann Steadman | This situation in Kinardine is merely the 'thin edge of the wedge' vis a vis the encroaching privitization of our health care system! This encroachment needs to be stopped NOW! |
| 130 | Karen Phipps | |
| 131 | Anonymous | |
| 132 | Alexandra Smith | So much for patient care. It's disgusting especially in these times of gas increases that elderly patients may be choosing to forgo necessary physiotherapy because they neither have the means to get to public physio therapy care or unable to afford it. |
| 133 | Ann Miller | This is a short-sighted way of balancing the hospital budget; lack of physio for people who cannot afford it will lead to less successful recovery and rehabilitation, and in the long run, greater health costs. It is particularly disturbing that this cutback in service was was announced as an expansion of service. This was misleading at best, and has certainly led to a lack of faith and trust in our hospital board and particularly our CEO. |
| 134 | sandra wall | it is so unfair that the government seems to have forgotten about low income families and individuals. what happens when a person is on a limited income, has no car and is in pain and requires physio to recover. seems as the goverment is forcing a pay as you go system- people will not be able to travel and therefore not recieve services. it is very neglectful |
| 135 | Helen Hanson | This is NOT in the best interests of the citizens of this area. |
| 136 | Anonymous | We believe that this service is vital, not only to those who have had surgery, but to injuries related to sports, accidents, and many other reasons. We have both had to use physio and know the benefits first hand.
If the hospital wants more revenue, why not 'rent' rooms to other services, excluding physio? |
| 137 | Kim Haward | |
| 138 | Anonymous | physio and OT are very important for the rehabilitation of stroke and heart patients. It is cheaper to strengthen people and keep them as independent as possible than keep them in an institution. Please keep the physio dept in the hospital. thanks |
| 139 | glenis Vardy | I've lived in this area for 31 years and have not seen as much commercial and residential growth as the past couple of years.
would that not be justification for more services, not less services.
There are already citizens of this town struggling to make ends meet and may not have the financial mean to travel for therapy.
Why do we continue to pay more taxes and receive less services. Where are all our Health Taxes going?? |
| 140 | Irena Les | |
| 141 | Leslie Geddes | |
| 142 | Regan Roppel | |
| 143 | Anonymous | |
| 144 | Mike Hallam | good luck |
| 145 | Rob Parker | |
| 146 | Anonymous | Hopefully the community and board members will reconsider this further erosion of essential services at the publics cost--Total cost of the physio department in relationship to the hospital budget is probably so small, yet impact will be so great. |
| 147 | BRENDA SPINOZZI | |
| 148 | Kathy Barraclough | |
| 149 | June Weiss | |
| 150 | Darren | |