Protecting its Own

Updated Sat. Nov. 29 2008

In March, 2008, W-FIVE aired "Right to Know" -- an investigation into medical secrecy and the case of Toronto gynecologist, Dr. Richard Austin.

After Harm


Good physicians know the bad ones in their midst. Why don't they point fingers?


"The college has no jurisdiction
over Dr. Austin.
He is no longer a member,"
Thu Dec 03 2009

Deadly hospital gave itself top marks

An example of the reliability of SELF REGULATION‽


Eleven more NHS hospitals at centre of safety scandal
Sunday 29 November 2009

Daughter saves mother, 80, left by doctors to starve

Alive nine months after medics ruled she had only days to live, withdrew her antibiotics and denied her artificial feeding. The former school matron had been placed on a controversial care plan intended to ease the last days of dying patients.

The daughter of an 80-year-old woman from East Sussex
has criticised doctors for using treatment guidelines
which she says left her mother to die.

The NHS introduces euthanasia by stealth

Surviving Hospitals‽

Wouldn't a Patient Advocate committed to pro-actively guiding patients and their family members through the medical maze be a blessing, here in Ontario?

Bill C-384 to be Debated in House of Commons
A bill to legalize physician-assisted suicide in Canada
Advocacy Alert

Sample Letter
to express opposition to Bill C-384.
to a Member of Parliament
Click Here

Health Colleges Are Self-Regulated‽

The best quality care for the people of Ontario
by the doctors of Ontario

An example of the current ethical self-regulation?

Local Health Integration Network seeks input

If you care about how health care is provided,

a provincial agency wants to hear from you.

The South East Local Health Integration Network (LHIN), which manages health care in the region, is seeking public input on its latest approach.

Reaching for Excellence,

the South East's draft IHSP

is now available for comment

After hundreds of conversations with area residents and health service providers, the South East LHIN has released its Draft Integrated Health Services Plan (2010/11 - 2012/13). The LHIN is seeking public feedback on the draft priorities until Sept. 23.

Surviving Hospitals‽

Hospitals routinely decide who dies

A 'comedy of errors'

"....the family's concerns were properly addressed by the patient relations office."

Things haven't changed much?


"One wrong (medication) could kill her. I know that she's complicated but on top of her dying, I shouldn't be afraid of them doing something to her."

Paranoid?


Nurses Association director
'saddened'
by story
August 6, 2009

Wikipedia

Ontario jumps into health row

Province fights court challenge
from woman used in U.S. ad
assailing Canada's public system


Appropriate communication
with potential patients
can also limit health care expenses‽


Not All
Socialist(?)
Countries are Alike

Thousands of Alberta health records copied

Online Accessibility Of Health Records.
What! Me Worry‽

Canada's swine flu shame

The Canadian government's failure
to protect indigenous communities
is a sign of deep-rooted discrimination


"Discrimination", I don't think so!
This old phrase is apt,
"see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil"?

Actually this condition is too prevalent worldwide!

Help all of us towards a death with dignity

In reality, is this what we should expect to be too common a practice?

Elderly patients were left in "drug-induced comas"
after being overprescribed painkillers and sedatives,
a disciplinary panel heard today.