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Habel: \u201cHealth care mergers respect English rights\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

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

Ste. Rose MNA Jean Habel rose in the National Assembly last week to ask the opposition Parti Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois to stop procedural tactics trying to slow the implementation of Bill 20.<\/p>\n

The law will rewrite how medicine is practiced in the province. Family practitioners will be required to up their patient quota from the current 1,000.<\/div>\n
\u201cYes, we\u2019re asking family doctors who don\u2019t work in a health care institution to see a maximum of 1,500 patients, but it\u2019s counterbalanced,\u201d Habel told his fellow legislators.<\/div>\n
\n\u201cA healthy patient won\u2019t be given the same weight as, for example, a patient who is receiving home care or is undergoing palliative care,\u201d he explained.<\/div>\n
\n\u201cA vulnerable person stricken with Hepatitis C, suffering chronic pain or HIV would count as two patients, and a person receiving palliative home care would count as 25 patients,\u201d Habel continued, \u201cThat\u2019s the reality, we\u2019ve adapted to the reality each patient faces, according to their needs.\u201d<\/div>\n
\nHe argued that there was no substance to the \u201cbloodbath\u201d that the Parti Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois predicted when the government slashed the province\u2019s bloated health care bureaucracy earlier this year.<\/div>\n
\nQuebec stands out starkly among the world\u2019s Medicare systems for its administrative overhead, which leaves less than half the province\u2019s health budget available to devote to clinical services.<\/div>\n
\n\u201cIn Laval, the [merger] of the regional health authority with the Cit\u00e9 de la sant\u00e9 [superhospital] is already 70 percent complete and has streamlined health and social services, as well as a vast range of services available to the region\u2019s population,\u201d Habel asserted. \u201cIn my riding of Ste. Rose, it\u2019s going very well. We\u2019re well-integrated with Cit\u00e9 de la sant\u00e9, which has permitted us to innovate.\u201d<\/div>\n
\n\u201cWe preserved the users committee,\u201d he added, \u201cwhich kept their voice on the boards of directors. We also safeguarded English-language access, in accordance with Article 29.1 of the Charter of the [French] Language.\u201d<\/div>\n

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\nMore flexibility, better care<\/b><\/div>\n
\nHabel said that the province wants to let doctors focus on what they do best by giving more power to professionals like pharmacists and nurses to use their training and experience.<\/div>\n
\n\u201cPharmacists can extend, change and substitute prescriptions, if medicines are in short supply, administer medications to show patients how to use them appropriately, order and interpret lab tests, prescribe medicine for minor ailments and when no diagnosis is required,\u201d he observed.<\/div>\n
\nThe aim is to decentralize a hitherto doctor-dominated health care system, Habel said.<\/div>\n
\n\u201cThe [government] also aims to increase the number of super-nurses…to 2,000 over the coming decade,\u201d he vowed. \u201cThey will support the delivery of family medicine; relieve overcrowded emergency wards and permit [some] tertiary care [like] surgery that will free up secondary and tertiary care resources.\u201d<\/div>\n
\n\u201cIf patients are encouraged to visit a family doctor and not report to emergency, we\u2019ll solve a lot of problems,\u201d Habel said. \u201cThat\u2019s the intent of Bill 20, and that\u2019s the intent of our government.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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