26 May 2008

I guess the first couple hundred...

...are deductible, huh Georgie?

Health Minister George Smitherman says there is no need for an independent investigation into the deaths of hundreds of patients in Ontario hospitals from C. difficile bacteria.

The Progressive Conservatives and New Democrats insist a provincewide inquiry is needed into the deaths of 260 patients from C. difficile at seven Ontario hospitals.
"You've gotta have priorities!!!"... cries Gorgeous George.

And what's with all those whiny cardiac and cancer guys?
Patients scheduled for bypass surgery at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute had to wait an average of 70 days between January and March 2008, skyrocketing from the previous quarter's average wait of 44 days.

According to a report that will be presented Wednesday to the Champlain Local Health Integration Network (LHIN), wait times for cardiac bypass and cancer surgeries continue to climb.
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3 comments:

RightGirl said...

I think Ontario has done an amazing job in that no gov't-funded sex change patients were among the dead.

A round of applause for Georgie!

RG

Neo Conservative said...

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so 260 dead people... and georgie doesn't think it's worth investigating.

kinda puts those 3 taser deaths... countrywide... in perspective.

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James Goneaux said...

Well, Georgie does have a different grasp of language. When a hospital fires someone, he actually "exited that environment":

http://www.thestar.com/News/Ontario/article/345870

And I've always wondered if infection rate in hospitals is directly related to an increase in the hiring of, oh, lets say non-Buddhists:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1577426/Female-Muslim-medics-%27disobey-hygiene-rules%27.html