A10 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, June 28, 2000 Health planners hard of hearing, city says By JENNIFER LANG TERRACE COUNCIL wants ta set the record straight. {t doesn’t think hospital services in the region are adequate, despite what the long version of a draft health services plan that Says council said other- wise. And one city councillor is hoping the Alberta- based consultants who pre- pared the $200,000 -draft regional health services will do more work before it’s finalized next month. Councillor Val George said city council met with Western Health Planning Associates months ago, making it clear the city is not satisfied with the re- gion's hospital services. But just prior to June 8, when the draft north west health planning initiative was unveiled, the. city learned that the full text of the document says council! describes the region’s hos- pital services aS “reasonably adequate.” "There is absolutely no way they could have got- ten the impression that we were in any way satis- know where they got thal impression at all.” That the consultants came away from the meet- ing with that impression “makes us question the whole basis of the report,” he added, The city has drafted a letter to Western Health Planning Associates out- - lining what.councillars say are shortcomings with the report’s recommendations, as well as outlining its po- sition on hospital services. The letter states in part: “In fact, we stated that we stated to you, both in gen- eral terms and with de- tailed examples, that we are very dissatisfied with the level of these services,” The provincial govern- ment has ordered health authorities to complete re- gional health service plans in order to determine fu- ture health priorities and services. Along with the consul- tants, representatives from community health councils fram the Queen Charlotte Islands to Houston, physi- cians, nurses, First Nations and others came together See: \ Zoe Val George the plan, agrecing on 18 key priorilies designed to improve health in the northwest region. The city’s meeting with the consultants was just one of a series of input sessions the consultants held in the northwest in order to draft the report. The city’s letter also points out what councillors say are three omissions in the document. One, the re- port doesn’t address gov- ernance problems, nursing shortages, or point out major efficiencies that could be found by looking at the internal administra- tive structures at individ- ual hospitals. George noted the report does at least point out the need to find potential effi- ciencies on a regional basis. “We all knew that .be- fore we spent $200,000 plus,” he said, Copies of the city’s let- ter will be sent to the Northwest Health Planning Steering committee, the Terrace and Area Com- munity Health Council, and the Health Ministry. Meanwhile, the draft plan is supposed to be handed into the ministry by July 3i. From there, Health Minister Mike Farnworth will decide how much money the region will receive for programs and services. “I would hope that they’l! take another serious look at the recommenda- tions they’ve made before finalizing their report,” George said. ‘Injuries Stop Here. _ sfaad Fi. 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