SUPREME BEINGS

Thank you for your  comments of support for my legal cause. 

The experience will not soon be forgotten. Pending the decision I am  advised it would not be wise to speak of the proceedings. 

I anticipate the constraint to be lifted once the ruling is made. 

But nothing  that has happened so far has been what might  be reasonably expected.   

One step at a time I suppose and hope to see it through to the end. 

Chris Watts has a  post  touching on aspects of Simcoe Health Centre finances. In particular,salary paid to the current CAO.and relationship to services rendered. 

I did not know about mass resignation of hospital foundation board members. The Foundation  and Hospital Board are separate entities. 

I guess the media didn't think it was worth reporting. Or disgruntled members  didn't want media attention. Chairman of the foundation claims not to have any idea why his members resigned

was apparently also kept in the dark 

I can think of a likely reason.  The foundation board manages funds raised by volunteers.

Any hint of scandal could jeapordise fund-raising . Board members merely unhappy with some aspect of management of funds would be caught between a rock and a hard place. 

Publicising  their discontent would  be contra-indicated.

Salary paid to the  Hospital CAO has never been a secret. The Province requires all hospitals 

to publish the figures.

The salary is only part of the compensation package. The  person who had  the job previously claimed  quarter of a million dollars for expenses the year before he departed with great fan-fare bestowed upon him by local dignitaries. 

Hospitals are another one of those sacred institutions. To criticise is a sacrilege. 

Just last week I heard of a young graduate of orthopedic surgery who can't find employment. 

Her parents never heard of the Medical Advisory Committee that recommends to  hospital boards who should  have access to facilities. " hospital privileges" 

An Olympic rower, It's surprising she even got into medical school. The Mediaeval Guild that governs the profession has  a pretty tight grip on all who enter those portals  as well. 

If there's a shortage of doctors,the government doesn't have to look far for the reason.  

If a doctor or specialist can't get access to hospital facilities ,they can't make a living in the profession.

Yet public money builds the facilities. They are there to service public need. You would think. 

My goodness, if the public ever start asking how hospitals are governed ,what a turn-up for the books that would be.