Égalité Santé en Français is concerned about the New Brunswick Minister of Health’s plan. According to the organization, the province would like to combine the two current health networks into a single bilingual entity in an attempt to compensate for the lack of human resources in hospital settings.
“The Minister never guaranteed us that the network would operate in both languages. She always came back with “a network of excellence” “explains the secretary of Égalité Santé en Français, Jacques Verge.
However, the minister has stated that she has no intention of a merger. “I believe that it is important to see ourselves bigger than ourselves and I discussed a” network of excellence “, but this network will depend on the two health networks, Horizon and Vitalité” indicated Dorothy Shephard.
Jacques Verge fears that some services will be eliminated if the provincial government’s plan comes to fruition. “What makes us fear is that specialized care which is secondary or tertiary will be managed by this super structure which will, by the same token, be dominated by the English-speaking network. “
Louise Blanchard is proposing a pilot project aimed at electing a general manager to independently manage the Caraquet hospital.
“Give us a budget, appoint our manager ourselves, with a board of directors as it used to work, then we’ll make our hospital work and see if it works. She mentions.
Égalité Santé en Français will go to the Court of Queen’s Bench soon, to assert Law 16.1 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms regarding the language.
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