1...Albertans continue to vent their concerns regarding MOH @shandro via our online poll (forms.gle/kTULVLSwRK6gH4…).
3 days in, 1500 replies and what is the verdict so far?...2
2..98.7% or respondent Albertans say they do not trust the competency of Ty Shandro! But 97.4% of those same Albertans do trust their family doctor. Meanwhile 95.2% would prefer to see @shandro leave Alberta instead of doctors. What are those Albertans saying? Lets have a look..3
"Not only is the UCP the most deplorable Government I've seen, they are the most corrupt. When my 75 yo parents who are wildly conservative, are opposed, we, Alberta, have a BIG problem."
"They have failed and should be fired."
"You're outta here in 2023!! Shame on all of you."
"You are ruining our province to the detriment of our health. We need these doctors to stay in our province. If you knew how long it takes for dr recruitment to a hospital, you'd think differently of forcing them out."
"Show all health care workers including doctors of course, the respect they deserve. Stop your attempts to destroy the AMA. Stop trying to feed the public untruthful information, I mean stop lying!...this one continues...
"continued from last...And don't even dare to introduce private medicine and in time groups of doctors to sign private agreements with the government in an attempt to split doctors and destroy the AMA!"
"Put your egos aside and enter binding arbitration with AMA immediately"
"If you actually care about ALL Albertans, then you will not deprive the vast majority of quality health care. Health care is a human right, not something you deserve only of you make a lot of money."
"Get back to negotiations!!"
"Abysmal"
"The Alberta Government and Tyler Shandro are doing a terrible job of managing our healthcare system in Alberta. I am disgusted and will use everything available to me to remove them." (we at abdocs don't condone violence, but the UCP do seem to inspire public anger)
"It is disgraceful"
"It is really frightening!!!"
"Shandro must go!!"
"Stop the push for more privatization and negotiate with our doctors to make a new contract - then honour that contract. "
"Do better. "
1500 responses. And its still growing! @jkenney, @shandro, @UCPCaucus these people are really mad. Are you listening? I think it would be a risky move to not listen. The responses get more angry the deeper into the list we go...
...those peripheral MLAs who aren't in the inner kenney sanctum need to really consider which side they will end up on as this grows. Remove Shandro, have the new MOH get back to the table or arbitrate, and start listening to the people of this province. You won't silence them...
I have been fortunate to explore numerous corners of the western world. Early on I was advised to pay close attention to the people. No further guidance than that. I started looking through the lens of a physician. I saw history & geography determined the habits of the people...2
2...Europeans weren't nearly as obese, but they lived on 1000s yr old infrastructure. They were not a frontier. North America continues to be a frontier, and it shows in our houses, living rooms, pantries, fridges. Stock up, gun up, hunker down...3
3...There is no need for a neighborhood grocery store, so reject 15 min cities! You need a vehicle w 500km range so reject tech that works w a social grid. Be an individual, don't live in your community! Isolate yourself self-sufficiently, and soon there will be no community...4
1...This is coming to your hospitals Alberta. With the faith-based ideology, Covenant Care will be looking to impose these doctrines:
"In vitro fertilization (IVF) is not permitted because it separates procreation from the personal, sexual act of love of the couple."...2
2..."Catholic health care organizations are not permitted to engage in immediate material cooperation in actions that are intrinsically immoral, such as abortion, euthanasia, assisted suicide, and direct sterilization."...3
3..."A female ...If, after appropriate testing, there is no evidence that conception has occurred already, those treatments that would prevent ovulation, sperm capacitation or fertilization are permitted." So, you can only prevent a rape pregnancy, not end one...4
Dr Parks @PFParks, you have done great service in raising public awareness as to the plight of family medicine in Alberta. I salute you. This ad is an example of the value the UCP places in famdocs, and the games they are willing to play...2
2...@ABDanielleSmith @AdrianaLaGrange, if I am elected prez SFM (Section Family Medicine) on August 23rd...you are going to realize what its like to deal with a real SOB. I'm bringing new tactics, I am assuming you will be unreasonable, and the stakes are going to be raised...3
3...Board of the AMA (@Albertadoctors), I look forward to working with you. @ShellyDuggan, if I am so fortunate to work with you, lets bring hell to this uncooperative bunch. @gilmcgowan I hope to gain wisdom from you, Heather Smith (@UnitedNurses), Preston Quintin et al...4
There is an all-time high amount of moral injury/burn out in the public health services. My family medicine colleagues are leaving. But of those that are not yet committed to leaving, they are all saying...in the clinics, in the symposiums, in the chatboxes...2
2...they are saying "what's the point? Why die on the sword of public health when purse holders insist on starving the system, us, our families, to death?"
You know what that leads to? Further obstructions of care. Family doctors are now trying to salvage their...3
3...Salvage their personal relationships with their friends, spouses, kids. Relationships that fell apart when those same docs took it seriously when they were asked to stand on the line when "we were all in this together". Not for a moment do I blame them...4
Do we need to collectively meditate on what it is to be a corrupt government? In a nutshell, it is embezzlement, against the public benefit, as directed by personal ambition....2
2...embezzlement being the misappropriation of public funds placed in your trust, and put to unintended uses. In case of governments trying to opacify the paper trail, this misappropriation is seldom in the form of direct self-enrichment...3
3...Instead it is laundered through "favours" to cronies. If I offer my crony a $1B contract, they may later, in an "unrelated gesture" offer me what seems to be a legitimate benefit. Maybe in the form of a position on their executive board, making $1M a year...4
Forgive me if the details are wrong, I'm only a family doc. And Alberta's penchant for screwing over doctors and patients is immense.
It has come to my awareness that patients being admitted to hospital with active opioid use disorder (what conservatives would call addicts)...2
2...will now be disallowed essentially anything to help them stay out of withdrawal. Regardless of why they are there, their only option will be opioid antagonists. Further, there will be a pathway established towards detainment?...3
3...(again, if I have the details wrong, please forgive). I think there is also rules put in place that if a doctor tries to help these patients stay out of withdrawal, they could immediately lose their privileges AND face a $100K fine?...4