Ken Hutchinson: Assessing the last asset of the Regina District Health Board

Ken Hutchinson:

Assessing the last asset of the Regina District Health Board

Nipawin - April 10, 2000 - By: Mario deSantis

people are just economic resources
Last week I made reference to the labour relations consultants of the Saskatchewan Association

of Health Organizations (SAHO) who could be behaving like hoodlums in providing their human

resource services to health districts⁽¹⁾. Today, Pat Atkinson is faced with the enormous task to

clean up her underwear⁽²⁾ and her announcement to appoint the labour relations specialist Ken

Hutchinson to the Regina District Health Board⁽³⁾ will assure that the dirty laundry is laundered

at home. Also, given the financial predicament of the district, Hutchinson will assure a "mean &

lean" controlling direction of the human resources of the district. For this government people are

not the most important asset, people are just another economic resource to downsize when it is

adequate or to assemble when it is too scarce⁽⁴⁾, that is people are just economic resources to

exploit and extract value⁽⁵⁾.

measure people by the company and associations they keep
We measure people by the company and associations they keep and therefore, without using the

statistical tools of linear regression and correlation⁽⁶⁾, I am going to use this metre to have a

confident opinion for assessing the quality and integrity of Ken Hutchinson's services.

Hutchinson has worked in human resources for some thirty years and has provided services

for the Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations and for the Regina General Hospital.

Also, he has been a very close associate and 'buddy' of Hewitt Helmsing, former president and

CEO of the Saskatchewan Health-Care Association. Therefore, Ken Hutchinson comes on board

of the Regina District Health Board with a wealth of knowledge in health care payroll⁽⁷⁾ and

employee benefits⁽⁸⁾, in hospital constructions⁽⁹⁾, in employees' separations for the

disadvantaged⁽¹⁰⁾⁽¹¹⁾, and in employees' resignations for the few and privileged ⁽¹²⁾.

I forward my congratulations to Ken Hutchinson for joining again the Regina District Health

Board's buddies as we look forward to Premier Romanow's dialogue on health care.

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

Quote by Donella Meadows "challenging a paradigm is not a part-time job. It is not sufficient to make your point once and then blame the world for not getting it. The world has a vested interest in, a commitment to, not getting it. The point has to be made patiently and repeatedly, day after day after day" ftp://sysdyn.mit.edu/ftp/sdep/Roadmaps/RM1/D-4143-1.pdf http://iisd1.iisd.ca/pcdf/meadows/default.htm

General reference: Articles by Mario deSantis published by North Central Internet News http://www.ftlcomm.com/ensign/authors/desantis.html

1.
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The two primary needs of health reform: independence of the districts & the booting out of hoodlums, by Mario deSantis, April 5, 2000

2.
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A message for Health Minister Pat Atkinson: Wear Clean Underwear, by Mario deSantis, February 8, 2000

3.
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NEW MEMBERS APPOINTED TO REGINA DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD, Government News Release, April 6, 2000 Health - 177, http://www.gov.sk.ca/newsrel/2000/04/06-177.html

4.
Pat Atkinson, the Shortage of Nurses and the Rule of Law, by Mario deSantis, January 26, 2000

5.
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Nursing strike didn't solve problems CBC Saskatchewan http://sask.cbc.ca/ Web Posted | Apr 8 2000 1:28 PM Rosalie Longmore, president of the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses, says there's still big problems. "They're still working very long hours, and unfortunately, the provincial budget doesn't encourage us a whole lot, in fact, it's probably going to get worse."

6.
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Fragmented Research comes to the help of Saskatchewan Reform, by Mario deSantis, September 28, 1999

7.
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SAHO Payroll Policies: Saving Money out of Ongoing Catastrophes, by Mario deSantis, February 9, 1999

8.
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Is the Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations (SAHO) above the Law?, by Mario deSantis, October 29, 1998

9.
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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

10.
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Replica of the unsigned letter dated May 21, 1982 from Randy Bruce, Director of Employee Benefits, to Mario deSantis. First letter of dismissal. http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/desam/paper-letter-RBruce-May21-82.htm

11.
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Replica of the signed letter dated May 25, 1982 from Randy Bruce, Director of Employee Benefits, to Mario deSantis. Second letter of dismissal. http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/desam/paper-letter-RBruce-May25-82.htm

12.
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Article in The Leader Post Helmsing, SHA settle: Severance not disclosed, Regina, September 29, 1993 http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/desam/paper-article-HelmsingSettlement-Sept29-93.htm

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Ken Hutchinson: Assessing the last asset of the Regina District Health Board

*Nipawin - April 10, 2000 - By: Mario deSantis*

people are just economic resources	Last week I made reference to the labour relations consultants of the Saskatchewan Association
	of Health Organizations (SAHO) who could be behaving like hoodlums in providing their human
	resource services to health districts⁽¹⁾. Today, Pat Atkinson is faced with the enormous task to
	clean up her underwear⁽²⁾ and her announcement to appoint the labour relations specialist Ken
	Hutchinson to the Regina District Health Board⁽³⁾ will assure that the dirty laundry is laundered
	at home. Also, given the financial predicament of the district, Hutchinson will assure a "mean &
	lean" controlling direction of the human resources of the district. For this government people are
	not the most important asset, people are just another economic resource to downsize when it is
	adequate or to assemble when it is too scarce⁽⁴⁾, that is people are just economic resources to
	exploit and extract value⁽⁵⁾.

measure people by the company and associations they keep	We measure people by the company and associations they keep and therefore, without using the
	statistical tools of linear regression and correlation⁽⁶⁾, I am going to use this metre to have a
	confident opinion for assessing the quality and integrity of Ken Hutchinson's services.
	Hutchinson has worked in human resources for some thirty years and has provided services
	for the Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations and for the Regina General Hospital.
	Also, he has been a very close associate and 'buddy' of Hewitt Helmsing, former president and
	CEO of the Saskatchewan Health-Care Association. Therefore, Ken Hutchinson comes on board
	of the Regina District Health Board with a wealth of knowledge in health care payroll⁽⁷⁾ and
	employee benefits⁽⁸⁾, in hospital constructions⁽⁹⁾, in employees' separations for the
	disadvantaged⁽¹⁰⁾⁽¹¹⁾, and in employees' resignations for the few and privileged ⁽¹²⁾.

	I forward my congratulations to Ken Hutchinson for joining again the Regina District Health
	Board's buddies as we look forward to Premier Romanow's dialogue on health care.

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

	Quote by Donella Meadows "challenging a paradigm is not a part-time job. It is not sufficient to make your point once and then blame the world for not getting it. The world has a vested interest in, a commitment to, not getting it. The point has to be made patiently and repeatedly, day after day after day" ftp://sysdyn.mit.edu/ftp/sdep/Roadmaps/RM1/D-4143-1.pdf http://iisd1.iisd.ca/pcdf/meadows/default.htm

	General reference: Articles by Mario deSantis published by North Central Internet News http://www.ftlcomm.com/ensign/authors/desantis.html

1. -	The two primary needs of health reform: independence of the districts & the booting out of hoodlums, by Mario deSantis, April 5, 2000

2. -	A message for Health Minister Pat Atkinson: Wear Clean Underwear, by Mario deSantis, February 8, 2000

3. -	NEW MEMBERS APPOINTED TO REGINA DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD, Government News Release, April 6, 2000 Health - 177, http://www.gov.sk.ca/newsrel/2000/04/06-177.html

4.	Pat Atkinson, the Shortage of Nurses and the Rule of Law, by Mario deSantis, January 26, 2000

5. - - -	Nursing strike didn't solve problems CBC Saskatchewan http://sask.cbc.ca/ Web Posted \| Apr 8 2000 1:28 PM Rosalie Longmore, president of the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses, says there's still big problems. "They're still working very long hours, and unfortunately, the provincial budget doesn't encourage us a whole lot, in fact, it's probably going to get worse."

6. -	Fragmented Research comes to the help of Saskatchewan Reform, by Mario deSantis, September 28, 1999

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

8. -	Is the Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations (SAHO) above the Law?, by Mario deSantis, October 29, 1998

9. -	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

10. - -	Replica of the unsigned letter dated May 21, 1982 from Randy Bruce, Director of Employee Benefits, to Mario deSantis. First letter of dismissal. http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/desam/paper-letter-RBruce-May21-82.htm

11. - -	Replica of the signed letter dated May 25, 1982 from Randy Bruce, Director of Employee Benefits, to Mario deSantis. Second letter of dismissal. http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/desam/paper-letter-RBruce-May25-82.htm

12. -	Article in The Leader Post Helmsing, SHA settle: Severance not disclosed, Regina, September 29, 1993 http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/desam/paper-article-HelmsingSettlement-Sept29-93.htm