When errors occur within the medical system, health professionals SA国际影视传媒渃over it up,SA国际影视传媒� said Cathy Towtongie, MLA for Rankin Inlet North-Chesterfield Inlet.
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SA国际影视传媒淪A国际影视传媒f somebody dies, they develop a professional curtain and behind that curtain they start discussing,SA国际影视传媒� Towtongie said in the legislative assembly on Oct. 17 while discussing specific concerns that an elderly constituent in Chesterfield Inlet shared with her.
SA国际影视传媒淚 would like to ask the minister: do nurses at health centres consider proper care of clients as their first priority?SA国际影视传媒� she asked.
Hickes dismissed the notion that thereSA国际影视传媒檚 a SA国际影视传媒渧eil of secrecy.SA国际影视传媒�
SA国际影视传媒淲henever there is any type of a death, the coronerSA国际影视传媒檚 office has the ability to be able to forward onto health officials if there are any concerns that were raised,SA国际影视传媒� the minister said. SA国际影视传媒淗ealth officials do chart reviews to make sure that the appropriate level of care was provided. With regard to stakeholders like social workers or outside parties that may be involved in a discussion around a death, it would be very case specific and dependent upon the circumstances, whether there were any factors that might involve (the department of) Family Services into the discussion. There are coronersSA国际影视传媒� inquests that are done on occasion that bring in different stakeholders.SA国际影视传媒�
As to the question of whether nurses put emphasis on giving proper care, Hickes added that he canSA国际影视传媒檛 imagine people going into the health care field unless the care of patients is their first priority.
