Category Archives: Health care

Sackville doctor supports Green plan for more local say over hospital services

Posted on August 30, 2020 by brucewark

A well-known doctor in Sackville says he agrees with the Green Party that small, rural hospitals don’t have nearly enough say in the kinds of medical services they provide. Allison Dysart was commenting on Green Party leader David Coon’s plan … Continue reading →

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Sackville mayor calls for health summit as Horizon CEO says rural hospital cuts are still needed

Posted on July 2, 2020 by brucewark

Sackville Mayor John Higham is speaking out again after Horizon Health CEO Karen McGrath said cuts to services at six rural hospitals, including Sackville’s, are still needed. During the regional health authority’s board meeting last week, McGrath seemed determined to … Continue reading →

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Sackville Town Council to vote on $9,700 donation for palliative-care hospice in Moncton

Posted on June 7, 2020 by brucewark

At its meeting on Monday, Sackville Town Council will be discussing whether to contribute $9,700 to a new $5 million hospice in Moncton that will care for the dying in southeastern New Brunswick. Construction of the 10-bed hospice, which will … Continue reading →

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Sackville Town Council calls for heads to roll over plan to cut rural hospitals

Posted on March 3, 2020 by brucewark

Sackville Town Council is joining other municipalities in calling on New Brunswick Premier Higgs to fire Ted Flemming, the provincial health minister and to remove Karen McGrath and Gilles Lanteigne, the Chief Executive Officers of the Horizon and Vitalité Health … Continue reading →

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Many speakers, many ideas during last week’s meeting on saving health services at Sackville Memorial Hospital

Posted on March 1, 2020 by brucewark

More than 300 people attended last Wednesday’s public meeting at Mount Allison University’s Convocation Hall to discuss plans to fight cuts to medical services at Sackville Memorial Hospital. Many people seemed eager to join in the discussion that followed presentations … Continue reading →

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Fort Folly Chief Knockwood and Sackville Mayor Higham to fight cuts to hospital services

Posted on February 27, 2020 by brucewark

Leaders in the Memramcook-Tantramar region are organizing a committee to co-ordinate  the fight against provincial plans to cut overnight emergency room services, day surgeries and acute-care beds at Sackville Memorial Hospital. During a public meeting in Sackville Wednesday night, MLA … Continue reading →

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Two stories about healthcare cuts and Horizon CEO Karen McGrath

Posted on February 22, 2020 by brucewark

“I’ve always wanted to be a CEO of a hospital,” Karen McGrath told the Advertiser, the newspaper in the small town of Grand Falls-Windsor as she reminisced in January 2013 about her six years as Chief Executive Officer at Newfoundland and … Continue reading →

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Commentary: Community hospitals have ‘a duty to the living’

Posted on February 19, 2020 by brucewark

by Alexander (Sandy) Burnett Horizon Health CEO Karen McGrath seemed perplexed last week. Faced with questions from the public and the press about planned reductions in service at six small-town hospitals across New Brunswick, her standard answer suggested a serious … Continue reading →

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Sackville rally hears fight against hospital cuts is not over yet

Posted on February 17, 2020 by brucewark

For the second time in four days, hundreds gathered today outside Sackville Memorial Hospital to oppose cuts to medical services there. Sackville Mayor John Higham told the crowd that Premier Higgs’s announcement last night that the government would not close the … Continue reading →

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Commentary: Too many unanswered questions about cuts at Sackville Memorial Hospital

Posted on February 16, 2020 by brucewark

by Kathy Hamer (Edwards) Probably everyone in rural New Brunswick knows that our access to health care is likely to require some travel, even for routine appointments with a family doctor. We are not so naive as to think the … Continue reading →

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Horizon CEO says she understands outcry over hospital cuts, but the changes are needed

Posted on February 15, 2020 by brucewark

The President and CEO of the Horizon Health Network says she recognizes that people in small communities and rural areas are upset over the health-care changes announced this week including the closure of overnight emergency rooms starting on March 11. … Continue reading →

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