Mantha wants hospital answers
Thursday, September 20, 2012 by: SooToday.com Staff
NEWS RELEASE
MICHAEL MANTHA, MPP
ALGOMA-MANITOULIN
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NDP: Health team in trailers as Mindemoya hospital pleas for answers
QUEEN’S PARK- In Question Period today Algoma-Manitoulin MPP Michael Mantha called on the Minister of Health to act now and approve the much needed Capital Expansion Plan for the Manitoulin Hospital.
"In my riding, the Manitoulin Central Family Health Team in the Town of Mindemoya is working out of trailers and cramped space in the basement of the local hospital.
“After two years working on a Capital Expansion Plan, and despite the best efforts of local stakeholders, the FHT still has no response on their plan…and so the hardship continues.
“Can the Minister let my constituents know when this important project will finally be approved?
“The patients of this Family Health Team include some of the sickest and most vulnerable in Ontario, including many from First Nations.
“The Minister can talk a good game about the importance of Family Health Teams and health equity but she needs to follow up this talk with action to help those most in need.
“Will the Minister do the right thing, fund the Capital Expansion plan, or at least explain what barriers are preventing her from supporting it? "
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