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Leaflet campaign informs public of problems at Kincardine hospital |
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The Friends of the Kincardine Hospital has joined forces with the Ontario Hospital Coalition, the Grey Bruce Labour Council and the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) to produce a leaflet about what's really happening at the Kincardine hospital. Members of these groups then spent Saturday (June 19) distributing the leaflets at several locations, including Sobeys, Zehrs and Canadian Tire in Kincardine. The pamphlet states: "Secretive, top-heavy, top-down and unresponsive to the needs of the communities it serves, the South Bruce Grey Health Centre is in need of a wake-up call now." It says that in a recent survey, less than 10 per cent of Kincardine residents said they were satisfied with services at their local hospital. "When the Friends of the Kincardine Hospital hired an experienced consultant to review and make recommendations around how the four-site facility was governed, the hospital board showed little interest and refused to hold a follow-up meeting," states the leaflet. "Staff members were discouraged by senior management from participating in the study. When a doctor encouraged others to give input into the study, she was disciplined by the hospital." It states that recently, the health centre has done the following:
"Located in Ontario's agricultural heartland, the hospital now plans to replace fresh food service with 'retherm' frozen meals trucked in from a great distance and reheated on-site," states the pamphlet. "Instead of joining a growing movement to put fresh, local and sustainable foods in our hospitals, the health centre is going to rely on processed and reheated food stripped of many of its health nutrients." The leaflet says that management at the health centre has tried to silence its critics every way it can. "It maintains rules not allowing employees to talk about the hospital in public, cutting off those on the front-lines from telling the public what's really happening at the health centre." OPSEU's president wrote to the health centre's chief executive officer and the board chairman on May 3, asking for a meeting to improve labour relations, but was ignored. Instead, CEO Paul Davies told the media he was unaware of problems with labour relations. To view that letter, click here "OPSEU calls the health centre one of the worst health care employers in the province," states the pamphlet. "The vice-president of labour relations has placed herself in conflict with local physicians in deciding the appropriate return dates for sick and injured employees."
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 Mike Dunn (R) of the Grey Bruce Labour Council presents a leaflet to Bill Stanfield of Kincardine at the Canadian Tire store in Kincardine The leaflet urges the public to do the following:
If you would like to contact your health centre representatives they include the following:
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