I wrote the following post as an op-ed in the Edmonton Journal, October30, 2013. I hope it plays a part in halting the privatization of Edmonton’s medical laboratories. The Alberta government is proposing to give the private sector a 15-year contract to run medical laboratory services in Edmonton. This policy
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False positive: private profit in Canada's health care: The Silo Strategy – Part Two
On January 31, in “The Silo Strategy: Part One,” I wrote about the exclusion of the for-profit laboratories from Ontario’s regional health authorities, the LHINs, and the negative effects of this exclusion on recent attempts in Wallaceburg, Thessalon and on St. Joseph Island to control laboratory costs and maintain local
Continue readingFalse positive: private profit in Canada's health care: Update on Thessalon and St. Joseph Island
The facts as we now know them: Despite what the hospital web site says there are no lab facilities at the Mathews Memorial Hospital or the Thessalon Hospital. Neither has a laboratory license. Blood is taken at these facilities by hospital staff and sent to the main lab at the
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