Doctor Luc Cormier took part in a meeting on Friday with the Minister of Local Government, Daniel Allain, and the leaders of Vitalité Health Network.
The Dr Cormier says Minister Allain has indicated that the New Brunswick government does not intend to merge the two health networks, Vitalité and Horizon. The meeting has put the record straight
about it, says the Dr Cormier.
Cardiologist Luc Cormier is president of the Council of Physicians and Dentists of the Dr-Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Center.
Photo : Radio-Canada / Guy LeBlanc
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The doctor adds, however, that he still has questions about Fredericton’s desire to increase collaboration and the integration of services between the Moncton Hospital and the CHAPTERUniversity hospital center Dumont.
Those who already work in our hospitals know that we have already had a lot, a lot of collaboration, for years with the Moncton Hospital.
, he emphasizes. How do we want to increase this cooperation, when it has already been in place for a long time? I don’t know exactly where we want to go with this.
<q data-attributes="{"lang":{"value":"fr","label":"Français"},"value":{"html":"On a une gamme de services qui sont offerts et qui fonctionnent à 100%. Not just in our hospital [Dumont], but in theirs [Hôpital de Moncton] also. We repeat the same thing for a long time: by combining or making a twinning, or a merger, it is difficult to see how this will increase the offer, the range or the volume of services in total, in all of the two institutions “,” text “:” We have a range of services that are offered and that work 100%. Not just in our hospital [Dumont], but in theirs [Hôpital de Moncton] also. We have been repeating the same thing for a long time: by combining or making a twinning, or a merger, it is difficult to see how this will cause it to increase the offer, the range or the volume of services in total, in the set of two institutions “}}”>We have a range of services that are offered and that work 100%. Not just in our hospital [Dumont], but in theirs [Hôpital de Moncton] also. We have been repeating the same thing for a long time: by combining or making a twinning, or a merger, it is difficult to see how this will cause it to increase the offer, the range or the volume of services in total, in the set of two institutions, says Dr Luc Cormier.
Minister Daniel Allain was not available for an interview on Saturday. Our government has been clear and has made a commitment not to merge the two health authorities. So I want to correct the disinformation circulating in social media
, however, he wrote in an emailed statement on Saturday.
Interviewed at Telejournal Acadie Friday evening, the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff Blaine Higgs, Louis Léger, did not advance on a possible amalgamation of services. He indicated that Mr. Higgs wanted to create a debate
On the question.
On the other hand, it was category on the issue of health networks. There will always be two networks. It is not debatable
, said Mr. Léger. Services in French will always be there.
With information from Margaud Castadère
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