The delays of up to 7 days to obtain the result of a COVID-19 screening test, the wait of up to 48 hours for an appointment and the slowness of epidemiological investigations have been the subject of a question from host Guy A. Lepage at the show’s first interview.
We had a set of factors. Equipment breakdown, lack of personnel, I believe … In any case, I asked to get involved personally, because I was not comfortable with what was going on there- low
, replied Christian Dubé.
It’s a place where you have to improve.
The Minister recalled that specialists must help the Outaouais Integrated Health and Social Services Center (CISSS) to reduce waiting times to produce test results, and that corridor de service
was established with the Sainte-Justine University Hospital Center to have swabs analyzed.
Note that a team from Optilab, a project to reorganize medical biology laboratories of the Quebec Ministry of Health and Social Services, is due to come to the Outaouais on Monday. This is what indicated to HERE Ottawa-Gatineau Minister Dubé last Friday.
The Ministry of Health and Social Services then specified that the mandate of the Optilab team is to visit the laboratories that process samples for COVID-19 screening in the Outaouais in order to support them in improving and optimizing their processes, given the long delays
.
Changes will be made in the labs to save time, he continued. We had been wasting a lot of time, for two weeks, three weeks; we did the test twice, because we screened in addition to the test we did to see if there was a variant. We no longer need to do that, we no longer need to do it completely, then there was a lot of load on our laboratories, but since there were less staff in the Outaouais, it seemed much more
, he detailed to TLMP
Asked whether the management of cISS de l’Outaouais was to blame, the minister simply recalled that teams were sent there as reinforcements. Listen, we sent teams to strengthen our teams there, we will say that like that for tonight
, he finished.
Formal notice of CEO : few reactions
These remarks were broadcast shortly after the Union of Outaouais Healthcare Professionals gave notice to the President and CEO of the cISS, Josée Filion.
Blaming him for not having been able to provide its members with enough N95 masks, which healthcare workers must wear in hot and lukewarm areas, the Union is calling for his resignation.
Josée Filion has been absent from her post for a few weeks for personal reasons. At present, it is the CEO deputy, France Dumont, who performs her duties.
No elected official contacted by Radio-Canada on Sunday wished to comment on this file.
According to the president of Action santé Outaouais, Denis Marcheterre, the current problems are too complex for the CEO, or senior management, alone bear all the blame. I’m not sure that the departure of Ms. Filion, or that the departure of senior management in general, is a solution, for the moment – in the midst of a crisis, moreover.
, he commented.
Let’s all breathe through our noses, once again, and try to talk to each other, calm down, and handle things in a civilized and intelligent way.
, tempered Mr. Marcheterre.
During its public outing on Friday, the Union asked the provincial government to act as a mediator.
Roxane Borgès Da Silva, associate professor at the School of Public Health of the University of Montreal, suggests a possible solution to overcome the lack of trust between union members and managers.
According to her, ask the head of the CEO may be counter productive
if both parties are not open to discussion and collaboration. She adds that the cISS would do well to admit their mistakes and be honest in their process of obtaining N95 masks.
It is not by declaring war that we arrive at solutions, it is more by communicating and collaborating
, added Roxane Borgès Da Silva.
With information from Marielle Guimond
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