AJAX -The Central East Local
Health Integration Network is running from
criticism over proposed cuts to mental health
beds at the Ajax-Pickering site of the Rouge
Valley Health System – literally.
Scheduled to
discuss a controversial implementation report on
mental health services at Rouge Valley Health
System, the LHIN board has chosen an odd
location to do so – 73 kilometers away from
Ajax in Cobourg.
The meeting will be June 6 at 8:30
a.m.
“I’m sure the
citizens
of Cobourg are interested in the cuts at
Ajax-Pickering,” said Warren (Smokey) Thomas,
President of the Ontario Public Service
Employees Union, “but the citizens of
West Durham, where the hospital is
located, might be more interested in the
outcome.”
OPSEU is
challenging the LHIN to listen to the community
and reschedule the board meeting in
Ajax.
“This demonstrates
how out of touch this LHIN is with the citizens
they are appointed to serve.”
The Local Health
Integratration Networks were appointed in 2006
to make health service decisions closer to
local communities. Well, almost.
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