MPP McNaughton calls for Health Minister resignation
Windsor Regional Hospital CEO, David Musyj, has confirmed that the culture at Ontario’s scandal-plagued air ambulance remains one of negligence, incompetence and corruption.
“The Minister of Health has refused to heed the warnings of frontline paramedics, pilots and nurses who have repeatedly raised serious concerns about patient safety at Ornge,” said PC MPP Monte McNaughton. “We sincerely hope that she’ll listen to the CEO of a major regional hospital who has witnessed first hand Ornge’s inability to respond to emergencies.”
An ongoing series in the Windsor Star has recently brought to light several incidents whereby patient care and overall safety suffered as a result of the corruption and mismanagement at Ornge.
“The Minister claims to have fixed the problems at Ornge but each day we learn of more egregious examples of patients being unnecessarily put at risk,” McNaughton said. “It’s undeniable that patients have died because of problems at Ornge and there is absolutely no sign whatsoever that the Minister has taken serious action to address the situation.”
Mr. Musyj recounted several cases whereby he and his medical staff at Windsor Regional Hospital witnessed serious operational gaps at Ornge. In one instance, Musyj was forced to pay $500 out of his own pocket to pay for a hospital nurse to supplement an understaffed Ornge crew that responded to an emergency call.
“Ontario’s air ambulance service is in total disrepair and patients are suffering as a result,” added McNaughton. “Minister Matthews must be accountable to the people of Windsor, Southwestern Ontario and all of Ontario who no longer have confidence in her and in her ability to manage Ornge.”
“It is time for the Minister to step aside,” concluded McNaughton.
mar
June 12, 2012 at 4:34 pm
Its as corrupt as the health care they have here with doctors crying because they dont get enough for doing nothing. Matthews has her job because its who you know not what, the ones who elected these morons in the first place are the ones who should be held accountable from mcgoofy on down.Whenever i see Matthews on tv i reach for the remote to throw it through a window. McNaughton knows that the majority of chatham kent doesnt like him either so its too late to pretend you care as you will see at election time, then maybe with your severence you can buy a phone that works and returns messages.heres a few things that need to go, ornge, ehealth, Matthews , mcgoofy , doctors who are practicing here in chatham kent without a licence, i know 1 of them , just glance at how Matthews treated the mother of Liam Reid with lying to her to cover up corruption.. its allowed because you vote them in.. wake up on election day or dont bitch.
50yearresident
June 12, 2012 at 11:27 pm
Sounds like maybe you should run for office…
mar
June 13, 2012 at 12:53 am
I couldnt do that because anyone who ever worked for the government who actually cared about people either died or got voted out. id be ashamed to say i was employed by the ont government.Its bad enough i reside in a dictatorship i can barely stand the smell of ottawa politics its so corrupt.
Rob S
June 13, 2012 at 12:57 am
I have a much better proposal . . . I recommend that we call for the resignations of these useless “conservative” MPP bullies known as McNaughton and Nicholls.
People want jobs, not your useless partisan rants…now start making some positive contributions to your local constituants rather than the continuous foaming at the mouth.