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By Robert Frank<\/b>
\nwww.thesuburban.com<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cSome patients, as is to be expected, are very concerned and even anxious, as they do not know yet where they will have their dialysis treatments,\u201d Evelyn Seligman told The Suburban<\/i> in an electronic mail message. <\/p>\n

\u201cNo information has been given to us as to how the divestment of patients will be carried out,\u201d said Seligman, who represents patients McGill University Hospital Centre (MUHC) Central Users Committee (CUC) and its Dialysis Outpatients Committee. \u201cNo one on either of these committees has received any details about the divestment of the general patient body of the MUHC.\u201d <\/p>\n

As The Suburban<\/i> reported three weeks ago, the province has pressed hospitals to divest their dialysis operations, April 1. <\/p>\n

Uncertainty: Worse than bad news <\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cVery few details have been finalized in the context of the dialysis situation,\u201d Seligman said. \u201cThe situation involving MUHC dialysis patients is in flux. They do not know yet where they will receive treatments. There are no answers yet from the administrations, the [regional health authority] or the Health Ministry.\u201d <\/p>\n

The MUHC patient representatives have taken a dim view how officials have handled the impending transfer. <\/p>\n

\u201cDialysis is a life-sustaining treatment,\u201d she reminded. \u201cMUHC officials have assured us that dialysis patients will continue to have the same excellent care that they have now.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cOur members are extremely displeased that no reply has been given,\u201d she concluded. <\/p>\n

\u201cPatients to follow the money?\u201d <\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s very, very unsettling for patients, for sure,\u201d agreed CUC spokesman Mario di Carlo. \u201cThey haven\u2019t really been consulted as to whether this will work and whether it is better for them.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cWill it be the best care, or just care?\u201d he asked. \u201cIs the money following the patient, or is the patient following the money? <\/p>\n

\u201cPatient-centred care entails ensuring that whatever is done to serve or care for patients serves their desires and needs\u2014rather than what the institution needs,\u201d he told The Suburban<\/i> in an interview. \u201cRegionalization won\u2019t accomplish that, on the basis of the information that I have.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know that hospitals are funded by the number of patients that they serve,\u201d di Carlo said. \u201cWhere will [patients] be sent to get the best treatment?\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cWill every health care professional take the same approach to patients, or will some be pushed and not have a choice? We don\u2019t know. It\u2019s very difficult to find out what the framework will be,\u201d he concluded.
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