Provincial Auditor, Saskatchewan 2000 Fall Report: The un-accountability of the Ins and Outs of a dummy SHIN

Nipawin - December 18, 2000 - by: Mario deSantis

minimum responsibility
We have been writing a bit about the Saskatchewan Health Information Network (SHIN) and

the incompetence shown by both Saskatchewan Health and the Saskatchewan Association of

Health Organizations (SAHO). SHIN is just a dummy agency which receives and spends

governmental money with the minimum responsibility to account for these ins and outs of

moneys.

asset from
a liability
In the past, we succinctly characterized the incompetence of our health care leaders by saying

that these people cannot recognize an asset from a hole in the ground⁽¹⁾. This was just a

figuratively way to express our outrage at the rooted corruption of our health care system⁽²⁾,

but today we learn from Fred Wendel, the Provincial Auditor, that our health care leaders,

literally and not only figuratively, cannot distinguish an asset from a liability⁽³⁾.

new
vision
These health care leaders not only build holes in the ground but they stick their own heads

into these holes with the consequence that they can't see our reality anymore. And these leaders

include Brian Rourke⁽⁴⁾, supreme asset of SAHO, and Louise Simard⁽⁵⁾, Rourke's lieutenant,

who in the darkness of their holes in the ground keep telling us that we need a new vision⁽⁶⁾.

And I wonder who needs a new vision.

Fred
Wendel
My message is that we cannot trust these health care leaders as they invoke a new vision of

health in the darkness of our holes in the grounds. And we must thank our provincial auditor

Fred Wendel.

------------References/endnotes:

List of relevant political and economics articles http://www.ftlcomm.com/ensign

1.
-
Health Reform in Saskatchewan: Digging Holes in the Ground, by Mario deSantis and reviewed by James deSantis, October 20, 1999

2.
-
Governments must stop to serve themselves and their friends, by Mario deSantis, February 12, 2000

3.
Provincial Auditor Saskatchewan 2000 Fall Report — Volume 3

4.
-
Brian Rourke wants more healthcare money: 40% of public expenditures are not enough, by Mario deSantis, November 14, 1999

5.
-
A dangerous turn in the history of SAHO: from Hewitt Helmsing to Louise Simard, by Mario deSantis, April 11, 2000

6.
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Lack of vision, unstable funds hurting health care: SAHO, by Barb Pacholik, December 5, 2000, The StarPhoenix, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan


Nipawin - December 18, 2000 - by: Mario deSantis

minimum responsibility	We have been writing a bit about the Saskatchewan Health Information Network (SHIN) and
	the incompetence shown by both Saskatchewan Health and the Saskatchewan Association of
	Health Organizations (SAHO). SHIN is just a dummy agency which receives and spends
	governmental money with the minimum responsibility to account for these ins and outs of
	moneys.

asset from a liability	In the past, we succinctly characterized the incompetence of our health care leaders by saying
	that these people cannot recognize an asset from a hole in the ground⁽¹⁾. This was just a
	figuratively way to express our outrage at the rooted corruption of our health care system⁽²⁾,
	but today we learn from Fred Wendel, the Provincial Auditor, that our health care leaders,
	literally and not only figuratively, cannot distinguish an asset from a liability⁽³⁾.

new vision	These health care leaders not only build holes in the ground but they stick their own heads
	into these holes with the consequence that they can't see our reality anymore. And these leaders
	include Brian Rourke⁽⁴⁾, supreme asset of SAHO, and Louise Simard⁽⁵⁾, Rourke's lieutenant,
	who in the darkness of their holes in the ground keep telling us that we need a new vision⁽⁶⁾.
	And I wonder who needs a new vision.

Fred Wendel	My message is that we cannot trust these health care leaders as they invoke a new vision of
	health in the darkness of our holes in the grounds. And we must thank our provincial auditor
	Fred Wendel.

------------References/endnotes:

	List of relevant political and economics articles http://www.ftlcomm.com/ensign

1. -	Health Reform in Saskatchewan: Digging Holes in the Ground, by Mario deSantis and reviewed by James deSantis, October 20, 1999

2. -	Governments must stop to serve themselves and their friends, by Mario deSantis, February 12, 2000

3.	Provincial Auditor Saskatchewan 2000 Fall Report — Volume 3

4. -	Brian Rourke wants more healthcare money: 40% of public expenditures are not enough, by Mario deSantis, November 14, 1999

5. -	A dangerous turn in the history of SAHO: from Hewitt Helmsing to Louise Simard, by Mario deSantis, April 11, 2000

6. -	Lack of vision, unstable funds hurting health care: SAHO, by Barb Pacholik, December 5, 2000, The StarPhoenix, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan