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>> The Hon. Daryl Reid
(Speaker): THE HONOURABLE MEMBER
FOR CHARLESWOOD.
>> Myrna Driedgar (PC): THANK
YOU, MR. SPEAKER, MR. SPEAKER
THE MINISTER OF HEALTH SAID
SOMEONE LEAKED THE REPORT.
CAN THE MINISTER OF HEALTH TELL
MANITOBANS WHAT HAS SHE DONE
ABOUT THE LEAKING OF THE REPORT
INTERNALLY WITHIN HER OWN
DEPARTMENT.
>> The Hon. Daryl Reid
(Speaker): THE HONOURABLE
MINISTER OF HEALTH.
SELL IS --
>> The Hon. Erin Selby: THANK
YOU, MR. SPEAK.
THE OMBUDSMAN WAS CONTACTED.
PRIVACY IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART
OF THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.
PATIENTS DESERVE TO KNOW THEIR
PRIVACY IS PROTECTED, MR.
SPEAKER.
PATIENT PRIVACY, PATIENT SAFETY
REMAIN THE TOP PRIORITIES FOR
MANITOBA HEALTH.
>> The Hon. Daryl Reid
(Speaker): THE HONOURABLE MEMBER
FOR CHARLESWOOD.
>> ANOTHER IS TRANSPARENCY BY
THE GOVERNMENT ON A VERY SERIOUS
ISSUE.
THE MINISTER CANNOT JUST WASH
HER HANDS OF THIS AND PUNT IT
OVER TO THE OMBUDSMAN AND NOT
TAKE RESPONSIBILITY LIKE SHE DID
WHEN SHE BLAMED TAXICAB DRIVERS
FOR THE DEATH.
SHE IS SUPPOSED TO BE IN CHARGE
OF HER DEPARTMENT.
SHE IS SUPPOSED TO SHOW
LEADERSHIP.
WHAT IS SHE DOING INTERNALLY TO
DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE WITHIN HER
OWN DEPARTMENT?
>> The Hon. Daryl Reid
(Speaker): THE HONOURABLE
MINISTER OF HEALTH.
>> The Hon. Erin Selby: WE ARE
HAPPY TO SEE STARS BACK UP IN
SERVICE FOR EMERGENCY FLIGHTS.
WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS NO
MANITOBANS, PARTICULARLY RURAL
MANITOBA.
IT IS WHY WE BROUGHT IN THE
CLINICAL OVERSIGHT PANEL UNDER
THE LEADER OF A DOCTOR.
WE WILL FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THE
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE REPORT
AND GUIDE THE RESUMPTION OF THE
SERVICE.
MR. SPEAKER, THE STARS
LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN SUPPORTIVE
OF THIS.
THEY ARE COMMITTED TO MAKE
CHANGES NEEDED TO ENSURE WE HAVE
THE HIGHEST PATIENT CARE, MR.
SPEAKER.
DR. WHEELER'S REPORT SAID STARS
HAVE TAKEN CONCRETE ACTIONS TO
ADDRESS CONCERNS MOVING AHEAD ON
OTHERS.
WHEN IT COMES TO SAFETY OF
PATIENTS, STARS IS ONBOARD.
MEDICAL EXPERTS ARE ONBOARD.
THE ONLY ONE NOT ONBOARD WITH
PUTTING PATIENT SAFETY FIRST IS
THE CRITIC...
>> The Hon. Daryl Reid
(Speaker): THE HONOURABLE MEMBER
FOR CHARLESWOOD.
>> THE ONE WHO IS NOT ONBOARD IS
THE MINISTER OF HEALTH WHO IS
DUCKING AROUND TRANSPARENCY AND
HER RESPONSIBILITY.
MR. SPEAKER SHE INDICATEDED
YESTERDAY THAT WHEN THE WHEELER
REPORT WAS LEAKED, PATIENTS
CONFIDENTIALITY WAS BREACHED.
WE KNOW THAT THE FINE FOR THIS
CAN BE UP TO $50,000.
THIS MINISTER OF HEALTH SEEMS TO
BE IN SOMEWHAT OF A COVERUP MODE
WITH THE WHOLE LACK OF
TRANSPARENCY AROUND THE STARS
ISSUE.
SO SHE IS EITHER TRYING TO HIDE
SOMETHING OR SHE HAS LOST
CONTROL OF HER DEPARTMENT.
WHAT IS IT?
>> The Hon. Daryl Reid
(Speaker): THE HONOURABLE
MINISTER OF HEALTH.
>> The Hon. Erin Selby: THANK
YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
THE TORIES HAVE NOT NOTICED.
THINGS HAVE CHANGED A LOT IN
HEALTH CARE SINCE THE 1990s WHEN
THEY WERE CUTTING SERVICES.
MR. SPEAKER, IN THE 1990s, THERE
WAS NO LAW REQUIRING THEM TO
REPORT ON MEDICAL ERRORS.
THEY DID NOT GET INVESTIGATED.
THEY WERE SWEPT UNDER THE RUG.
>> The Hon. Daryl Reid
(Speaker): ORDER, PLEASE.
I'M ASKING FOR THE COOPERATION
OF THE HOUSE, KEEP THE LEVEL
DOWN SO I CAN HEAR THE QUESTIONS
AND THE ANSWERS.
THE HONOURABLE MINISTER OF
HEALTH TO CONCLUDE HER REMARKS.
>> The Hon. Erin Selby: I AM NOT
SURPRISED THEY DO NOT WANT TO
HEAR THIS, THERE WAS NO LAW TO
REPORT MEDICAL ERRORS.
WE BROUGHT IN CRITICAL
INVESTIGATION REPORTING.
WE WANT TO KNOW WHEN SOMETHING
GOES WRONG.
IS THERE SOMETHING WE CAN LEARN
FROM.
UNFORTUNATELY IN THE 1990s, THEY
HAD 12 BABIES DIE IN THE CARDIAC
SERVICE PROGRAM AT HEALTH
SCIENCES CENTRE BECAUSE THEY
WOULDN'T FACE MISTAKES AND TRY
TO FIX THEM.