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Tag Archives: Sackville Memorial Hospital
Sackville Town Council calls for heads to roll over plan to cut rural hospitals
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
Many speakers, many ideas during last week’s meeting on saving health services at Sackville Memorial Hospital
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
Fort Folly Chief Knockwood and Sackville Mayor Higham to fight cuts to hospital services
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
Sackville rally hears fight against hospital cuts is not over yet
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
Commentary: Too many unanswered questions about cuts at Sackville Memorial Hospital
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
‘I will fight with you,’ Mitton promises protesters during rally at Sackville hospital
Hundreds of demonstrators marched Thursday to the Sackville Memorial Hospital to protest against cuts in services announced this week by the Horizon Health Network and the increasingly shaky minority government led by Conservative Premier Blaine Higgs. The demonstrators waved placards … Continue reading
Sackville hospital cuts an attack on rural people, says local doctor
A family doctor in Sackville says he’s both sad and angry after today’s announcements about extensive cutbacks in patient services at the Sackville Memorial Hospital. Allison Dysart was referring to the elimination of day surgeries and overnight emergency services along … Continue reading
From comics to council, a profile of Andrew Black
Town Council candidate Andrew Black took voters on a two-minute, visual tour of Sackville as he made his pitch at an all-candidates’ meeting on April 26th. “I wanted to tell a story,” the 40-year-old Black said during an interview in … Continue reading
Commentary: Community hospitals have ‘a duty to the living’
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 →