Saskatchewan Healthcare: Breaking the law & mismanagement

Saskatchewan Healthcare:

Breaking the Law & Mismanagement

By Mario deSantis, January 21, 2000

Our politicians and bureaucrats leverage their position of powers by shifting the blame for a

25% of the provincial budget for health care, in 1993 crumbling health care system to the extent of breaking the law⁽¹⁾ and have the legal community

supporting this state of affairs. Consultants, politicians, administrators, academicians, board

members, they are all spreading the word that health care is underfunded in Saskatchewan. In

early 90s we were spending about 25% of the provincial budget for health care, in 1993 health

care spending increased to 33% of the budget, and now this percentage has increased to 40%.

Where is the underfunding for healthcare in Saskatchewan? It is in the big brains⁽²⁾ of our

present mess in health care should be attributed to the ongoing mismanagement leaders! Dr. Stan Oleksinski, president of the Saskatchewan Medical Association, has rightly

stated that the present mess in health care should be attributed to the ongoing mismanagement

of health resources⁽³⁾. Our demented big brains have a "black and white" mentality and cannot

see the many management alternatives we could be creating if only we would empower our

work force⁽⁴⁾. Instead, we have a management style based on fear and intimidation and that is

why the working conditions are atrocious in health care⁽⁵⁾.

Health care has been mismanaged for many years beginning with the building of the

Plains Health Centre has been a bomb shell since it was built Plains Health Centre⁽⁶⁾ in Regina. This centre had to replace the Regina Hospital, instead

Regina ended up with three hospitals, and an oversupply of beds. To make things worse,

the Plains Health Centre has been a bomb shell since it was built in accordance to the

specifications of Saskatchewan Health which included the use of asbestos! At this time,

we don't know how many health care workers have contracted cancer because of working for

so many years at the Plains Health Centre.

We had an overrun of $50 million for the closure of the Plains Health Centre⁽⁷⁾, we could have

Is healthcare underfunded
or it is mismanaged? already spent $40 million for the so called Saskatchewan Health Information Network-SHIN⁽⁸⁾,

we spent at least 1.5 million for a Telehealth⁽⁹⁾ system which was supposed to be operational

some years ago and which is not operational at this time, we spent $3.5 million for healthcare

payroll⁽¹⁰⁾, we may have spent some $100 million to cope with the Y2K Healthcare

Nightmare⁽¹¹⁾⁽¹²⁾, and so forth. Is healthcare underfunded or it is mismanaged? I tell you

that it is mismanaged. And this is because we have a corrupted leadership with a "black and white"

museum mentality⁽¹³⁾.

After breaking the law for projecting an operational deficit of $9 million⁽¹⁴⁾, the Saskatoon

two outlaws settling democratically their differences by negotiations District Health (SDH) is submitting an ultimatum to the Government stating that it will cut

services unless it receives cash injections⁽¹⁵⁾. So what's new, the SDH breaks the law, the

government issues "unconstitutional" legislation⁽¹⁶⁾, so we are going to have two outlaws

settling democratically their differences by negotiations and fooling the public. Individual

citizens must comply with the Rule of Law, on the other hand the government, health districts

and the Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations can break the law. This is democracy

in Saskatchewan healthcare, and the result is mismanagement, corruption, and a huge cover up

of lies over lies. It is time that such mountain of lies over lies crumbles, therefore, I urge

everybody to work for this end, and for the benefit of us all.

---------------Endnotes:

1.
-
The Saskatchewan Government and SAHO: Mismanaging Health Care and Blackmailing SUN Nurses, by Mario deSantis, May 7, 1999

2.
Healthcare Payroll and SAHO's Big Brains, by Mario deSantis, November 20, 1999

3.
Pat Atkinson: blaming the doctors for the deaths of patients, by Mario deSantis, January 17, 2000

4.
-
NEED OF TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGES IN SASKATCHEWAN: Healthcare Reform and New Economic Policies, Part 1. By Mario deSantis, October 14, 1998

5.
-
-
Nursing shortage predicted, by Bonny Braden, January 20, 2000, The Leader-Post, Regina, Saskatchewan. An excerpt: "...Rosalee Longmoore, president of the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) said: The very first thing that we believe must happen is the workplace needs to be fixed..."

6.
-
Invitation by the Regina Health Board to comment on the Atkinson Report, by Mario deSantis, May 8, 1992 http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/desam/paper-Atkinson-may08-92.htm

7.
-
The closure of the Plains Health Centre: The $50 million overrun and the gimmick of saving money in health care, by Mario deSantis, December 19, 1999

8.
-
A Museum Mentality Is Cheating Our Economy: Healthcare, SHIN and the Synchrotron, by Mario deSantis and reviewed by James deSantis, November 8, 1999

9.
-
Technological changes in Saskatchewan health care: an abysmal disaster, by Mario deSantis, May 27, 1999

10.
-
SAHO Payroll Policies: Saving Money out of Ongoing Catastrophes, by Mario deSantis, February 9, 1999

11.
Never enough money for SAHO, by Mario deSantis, March 30, 1999

12.
-
Y2K menu downloads cash crisis: Saskatchewan health districts face $100-million computer upgrade, by Jason Warick, The StarPhoenix of Saskatoon, January 16, 1999

13.
-
The U of S Synchrotron: A Mausoleum for a Museum Mentality, by Mario deSantis, November 16, 1999

14.
-
--
Refer to the Bill "An Act respecting Health Districts", Section 31(2): "...No statement prepared pursuant to this section is to project an operating deficit unless the district health board obtains the approval of the minister to do so...", Saskatchewan, The Queen's Printer, 1993.

15.
-
Health district ultimatum, by Jason Warick, January 20, 2000, The StarPhoenix, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

16.
-
The Constitutionality of Bill 23 : BackTo Work Legislation Against Saskatchewan Nurses, by Mario deSantis, June 9, 1999

Saskatchewan Healthcare: Breaking the Law & Mismanagement
*By Mario deSantis, January 21, 2000*

	Our politicians and bureaucrats leverage their position of powers by shifting the blame for a
25% of the provincial budget for health care, in 1993	crumbling health care system to the extent of breaking the law⁽¹⁾ and have the legal community
	supporting this state of affairs. Consultants, politicians, administrators, academicians, board
	members, they are all spreading the word that health care is underfunded in Saskatchewan. In
	early 90s we were spending about 25% of the provincial budget for health care, in 1993 health
	care spending increased to 33% of the budget, and now this percentage has increased to 40%.

	Where is the underfunding for healthcare in Saskatchewan? It is in the big brains⁽²⁾ of our
present mess in health care should be attributed to the ongoing mismanagement	leaders! Dr. Stan Oleksinski, president of the Saskatchewan Medical Association, has rightly
	stated that the present mess in health care should be attributed to the ongoing mismanagement
	of health resources⁽³⁾. Our demented big brains have a "black and white" mentality and cannot
	see the many management alternatives we could be creating if only we would empower our
	work force⁽⁴⁾. Instead, we have a management style based on fear and intimidation and that is
	why the working conditions are atrocious in health care⁽⁵⁾.

	Health care has been mismanaged for many years beginning with the building of the
Plains Health Centre has been a bomb shell since it was built	Plains Health Centre⁽⁶⁾ in Regina. This centre had to replace the Regina Hospital, instead
	Regina ended up with three hospitals, and an oversupply of beds. To make things worse,
	the Plains Health Centre has been a bomb shell since it was built in accordance to the
	specifications of Saskatchewan Health which included the use of asbestos! At this time,
	we don't know how many health care workers have contracted cancer because of working for
	so many years at the Plains Health Centre.

	We had an overrun of $50 million for the closure of the Plains Health Centre⁽⁷⁾, we could have
Is healthcare underfunded or it is mismanaged?	already spent $40 million for the so called Saskatchewan Health Information Network-SHIN⁽⁸⁾,
	we spent at least 1.5 million for a Telehealth⁽⁹⁾ system which was supposed to be operational
	some years ago and which is not operational at this time, we spent $3.5 million for healthcare
	payroll⁽¹⁰⁾, we may have spent some $100 million to cope with the Y2K Healthcare
	Nightmare⁽¹¹⁾⁽¹²⁾, and so forth. Is healthcare underfunded or it is mismanaged? I tell you
	that it is mismanaged. And this is because we have a corrupted leadership with a "black and white"
	museum mentality⁽¹³⁾.

	After breaking the law for projecting an operational deficit of $9 million⁽¹⁴⁾, the Saskatoon
two outlaws settling democratically their differences by negotiations	District Health (SDH) is submitting an ultimatum to the Government stating that it will cut
	services unless it receives cash injections⁽¹⁵⁾. So what's new, the SDH breaks the law, the
	government issues "unconstitutional" legislation⁽¹⁶⁾, so we are going to have two outlaws
	settling democratically their differences by negotiations and fooling the public. Individual
	citizens must comply with the Rule of Law, on the other hand the government, health districts
	and the Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations can break the law. This is democracy
	in Saskatchewan healthcare, and the result is mismanagement, corruption, and a huge cover up
	of lies over lies. It is time that such mountain of lies over lies crumbles, therefore, I urge
	everybody to work for this end, and for the benefit of us all.

---------------Endnotes:
1. -	The Saskatchewan Government and SAHO: Mismanaging Health Care and Blackmailing SUN Nurses, by Mario deSantis, May 7, 1999

2.	Healthcare Payroll and SAHO's Big Brains, by Mario deSantis, November 20, 1999

3.	Pat Atkinson: blaming the doctors for the deaths of patients, by Mario deSantis, January 17, 2000

4. -	NEED OF TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGES IN SASKATCHEWAN: Healthcare Reform and New Economic Policies, Part 1. By Mario deSantis, October 14, 1998

5. - -	Nursing shortage predicted, by Bonny Braden, January 20, 2000, The Leader-Post, Regina, Saskatchewan. An excerpt: "...Rosalee Longmoore, president of the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) said: The very first thing that we believe must happen is the workplace needs to be fixed..."

6. -	Invitation by the Regina Health Board to comment on the Atkinson Report, by Mario deSantis, May 8, 1992 http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/desam/paper-Atkinson-may08-92.htm

7. -	The closure of the Plains Health Centre: The $50 million overrun and the gimmick of saving money in health care, by Mario deSantis, December 19, 1999

8. -	A Museum Mentality Is Cheating Our Economy: Healthcare, SHIN and the Synchrotron, by Mario deSantis and reviewed by James deSantis, November 8, 1999

9. -	Technological changes in Saskatchewan health care: an abysmal disaster, by Mario deSantis, May 27, 1999

10. -	SAHO Payroll Policies: Saving Money out of Ongoing Catastrophes, by Mario deSantis, February 9, 1999

11.	Never enough money for SAHO, by Mario deSantis, March 30, 1999

12. -	Y2K menu downloads cash crisis: Saskatchewan health districts face $100-million computer upgrade, by Jason Warick, The StarPhoenix of Saskatoon, January 16, 1999

13. -	The U of S Synchrotron: A Mausoleum for a Museum Mentality, by Mario deSantis, November 16, 1999

14. - --	Refer to the Bill "An Act respecting Health Districts", Section 31(2): "...No statement prepared pursuant to this section is to project an operating deficit unless the district health board obtains the approval of the minister to do so...", Saskatchewan, The Queen's Printer, 1993.

15. -	Health district ultimatum, by Jason Warick, January 20, 2000, The StarPhoenix, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

16. -	The Constitutionality of Bill 23 : BackTo Work Legislation Against Saskatchewan Nurses, by Mario deSantis, June 9, 1999