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Participants of the province s latest health-care consultation session heard about concerns that long-term care staff and hospital workers in the Saint John area are burnt-out. Pictured is the Saint John Regional Hospital.(CBC News file photo)
Saint John, NB, Canada / Country 94
Apr 9, 2021 5:35 AM
Health Minister Dorothy Shephard takes part in a public consultation on the future of health care in the province. (Image: Zoom video capture)
The Saint John health engagement session for the provincial health plan started off with a promise from the health minister.
Dorothy Shephard said she wanted to make clear these sessions are not public relations exercises.
“We do not have a plan that is already drafted, there’s nothing that’s been put to paper with the exception of the fact that the premier has committed to the communities in this province that we will not close, or change or alter hours to our existing ER centres,” she said.
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Mar 4, 2021 10:15 PM
Health Minister Dorothy Shephard takes part in a public consultation on the future of health care in the province. (Image: Zoom video capture)
More than 150 people took part in the first virtual public consultation on the future of health care in New Brunswick on Thursday evening.
The session focused on the Sackville area, one of six communities at the centre of proposed overnight emergency room closures last year.
Health Minister Dorothy Shephard reiterated that her government has no plans to close ERs or change hours.
Speaking at the start of the two-hour session, Shephard said it is important for residents to have their voices heard.