Charlotte County Access to Health: Member’s Statement, 7 July 2016
Today I gave my member’s statement on the closure of the operating room of the Charlotte County Hospital
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Question Period: Emergency Room Wait Times Follow-up – July 5, 2016
Here is the video and transcript of oral questions, recorded in the language in which it was spoken. Mr. Coon: We are failing to meet national benchmarks for patient wait times in the emergency departments of our hospitals. Yesterday, the Campbellton Regional Hospital issued a statement asking the public to refrain from using the emergency room whenever possible because it […]
Read moreQuestion Period: Private Blood Plasma Business – June 30, 2016
Here’s the video and transcript in the language it was originally spoken. Mr. Coon: The Minister of Health has indicated publicly that he supports the establishment of a private blood business in Moncton. In Ontario, before they were banned, private blood clinics were set up beside payday loan shops and methadone clinics to prey on the most vulnerable. They paid […]
Read moreQuestion Period: Emergency Room Wait Times – 29 June 2016
Mr. Coon: It is great to be back in the House. We have so much pent-up potential to solve real problems for New Brunswickers and to put real solutions in place. One of those real problems is the length of waiting times in the emergency departments in our hospitals, particularly in our three largest cities. I regularly hear about the […]
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