Saskatchewan Health Care:

Mississippi Burning of the Year 1964

By Mario deSantis, February 26, 2000

   
 
something has to change Friday morning I read the CBC-News(1) on the WWW and I noticed that Glen Beck, professor
of health economics at the University of Saskatchewan, has stated that something has to change
in health care "the health boards tell us we don't have the money. The government says they did
give them enough money... So we end up in this circle. That I don't think can last."
   
dollars haven't kept with demands In the meantime Brian Rourke(2), a Big Brain(3) and the Supreme Asset of the Saskatchewan
Association of Health Organizations(4), has been stating that many districts are dealing with
rising costs and that "districts to some extent have been relying on reserves up to now and a
number of them have used up reserves and there are ongoing pressures because of increase
demands for service and unfortunately the dollars haven't kept with demands." Two days ago,
Pat Atkinson, Minister of Health, dissolved the board of the East Central Health District(5),
installed a public administrator and stated that the "money problems with this board are so
serious that pay-cheques would start bouncing in about two weeks without another loan(6)."
   
health governance by edicts We have no vision for health care, our leaders have been making decisions raising their fingers
to the sky(7) and now we have acknowledged management fires all over the health care system.
The solution to our healthcare fires is to combat fire with fire as we continue to have further
health researches and a health governance by edicts.
   
  The National Post has recently referred to Saskatchewan as the Mississippi of the North(8) but
as we are experiencing these management fires along with rampant racism(9) a more appropriate
label would be the "Mississippi Burning(10)"of the year 1964.
   
to cover up their mismanagement and misappropriation We referred to Glen Beck when we praised his vocal stance to support changes for a more
democratic running of the University of Saskatchewan(11). Today, we have to praise again
Professor Beck, in fact, contrary to conventional wisdom, he is not taking side for either the
government or the health districts when he states that something has to change in healthcare.
Professor Beck is now beginning to understand that the reciprocal blaming of the government
and health districts is just a game to cover up their mismanagement and misappropriation of
public funds. We have two outlaws in the government and SAHO(12), and no matter their
dealings, the public will pay the price for their corrupted behaviour.
   
  A Big Thank You to Professor Beck for joining the few people who are beginning to
understand that 'we have met the enemy and he is us(13) .'
   
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  General reference: Articles by Mario deSantis published by North Central Internet News http://www.ftlcomm.com/ensign/authors/desantis.html
   

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Hospital administrations under scrutiny CBC Saskatchewan http://sask.cbc.ca/ Web Posted | Feb 24 2000 9:14 PM EST
   

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

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

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Saskatchewan Health Information Network-SHIN: Ignoring its mandate and diverting money for the Y2K Nightmare, by Mario deSantis, November 3, 1999
   

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GOVERNMENT ACTS TO STABILIZE HEALTH CARE IN EAST CENTRAL News Release, Health - 74, February 23, 2000 http://www.gov.sk.ca/newsrel/2000/02/23-74.html
   

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Province takes over Yorkton-area health district, CBC Saskatchewan http://sask.cbc.ca/ Web Posted | Feb 23 2000 1:14 PM EST
   

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Pat Atkinson: raising the finger and turning healthcare to a gambling casino, by Mario deSantis, February 3, 2000
   

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Mississippi of the North?, by Adam Killick, National Post, February 05, 2000 http://www.nationalpost.com
   

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Saskatoon police officer accuses fellow officers of racism CBC Saskatchewan. Constable Charlene Lavallee is Metis, and has been a special constable with the Saskatoon force for 6 years. She has stated "I think there's racism towards all the aboriginal officers, and it's kind of in the context of you got to fit in, or you won't be here. You've got to conform. And if you make waves, we'll make it rough." She's launched a Human Rights complaint against Saskatoon's Board of Police Commissioners. http://sask.cbc.ca/ Web Posted | Feb 22 2000 9:42 PM EST
   

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MISSISSIPPI BURNING, by Roger Ebert, date of publication: 12/09/1988 http://www.suntimes.com/ebert/ebert_reviews/1988/12/328325.html
   

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ROMANOW'S LEGACY: MORTGAGING THE FUTURE OF SASKATCHEWAN, by Mario deSantis, April 25, 1999, 7:00 AM
   

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Saskatchewan Healthcare: Breaking the Law & Mismanagement, by Mario deSantis, January 20, 2000
   

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Simplicity The new competitive Advantage, by Bill Jensen, Perseus Books, page 109, January 2000 http://www.simplerwork.com/j/manifesto-read.html