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This is a gut-wrenching video from the physicians at the Moose & Squirrel Clinic in Sundre in which they announce, w/ tears in their eyes, that they’re giving up obstetrics, acute & ER privileges at Sundre Hospital.
This is @shandro's legacy.
https://www.facebook.com/MooseSquirrelMedicalClinic/videos/657874835009641/?sfnsn=mo&d=n&vh=e #ableg
This is @shandro's legacy.
https://www.facebook.com/MooseSquirrelMedicalClinic/videos/657874835009641/?sfnsn=mo&d=n&vh=e #ableg
This is an incredible loss for the people of Sundre who the doctors say relentlessly petitioned @JasonNixonAB to stop the cuts that made their hospital work unaffordable.
Sadly, their pleas were in vain. And so begins the erosion of access to health care in rural AB. #ableg
Sadly, their pleas were in vain. And so begins the erosion of access to health care in rural AB. #ableg
From the doctors:
"We are devastated that it has come to this, but this is the consequences of the [UCP] gov't's decisions & cuts & if we don’t react & change, we won’t be here at all.
... @JasonNixonAB & the UCP gov’t didn’t listen." #ableg
"We are devastated that it has come to this, but this is the consequences of the [UCP] gov't's decisions & cuts & if we don’t react & change, we won’t be here at all.
... @JasonNixonAB & the UCP gov’t didn’t listen." #ableg
"...[cuts] went forward this week & it’s unconscionable they did while doctors in AB are in the midst of dealing w/ a pandemic...[it's] completely devastating to us.
We don’t want to have to make these changes...but this is the only way we can operate in the new system" #ableg
We don’t want to have to make these changes...but this is the only way we can operate in the new system" #ableg
"We’ve shed many tears for our patients, for our hospital and for our many colleagues across the province…at this point the gov’t’s created this terrible situation and left us with very few options.This is the way health care’s going to look in Sundre & AB from now on." #ableg
@RobWarrenMD @Michell68714283 @DocJGina @CreweCarly & all @MooseMed, I'm incredibly sorry that you've been forced to this.
Thank you for your dedication to your patients and for your tireless advocacy on behalf of them, yourselves & all your colleagues across AB. #ableg
Thank you for your dedication to your patients and for your tireless advocacy on behalf of them, yourselves & all your colleagues across AB. #ableg
Please know you have my support & that of all my colleagues. Do what you need to do to take care of yourselves & provide the best care you can for your community. We'll keep working to let Albertans know the damage these cuts are causing & to hold the gov't to account. #ableg
YouTube link to @MooseMed’s video for any who don’t do Facebook:
One last quote from @RobWarrenMD:
“It was almost as though [the UCP's plan for cuts] was designed to have a maximum impact on rural doctors.b because the cuts applied heavily to doctors who practice in clinics and then again…to doctors who work in rural ERs & hospitals." #ableg
“It was almost as though [the UCP's plan for cuts] was designed to have a maximum impact on rural doctors.b because the cuts applied heavily to doctors who practice in clinics and then again…to doctors who work in rural ERs & hospitals." #ableg
