I have been thinking about the month of "January"
in general recently and what has happened to me over the years. I have to admit
that what has happened in this time-period in all of the years so far that I
have lived has been quite interesting There have been many key events for me
that have taken place. Let me outline several of them for you so that you, dear
reader might understand better what I mean.
Naturally, the most important event that has happened in the
month of January is my marriage to my wonderful wife, Marsha. We married only a
few months after she moved to Toronto
The other two thrilling events involve having our kids! Our
first child (Michael) was also born in the month of January. Our second
child (Melissa) just missed the month by only a few weeks later on when she was
born. So January was a key month for the arrival of two new faces in this world
for us to love and protect.
Now onto some news stories that I found interesting in
January so far:
OUR NEW INDUSTRY
Who would have known what our new industry in this country
would be. It has been around for quite a long period of time but it seems only
getting respectability recently it seems to me. It does have a few
problems but here is how it was described:
"As Canada's
fledgling pot industry seeks legitimacy, product recalls raise questions
After an unauthorized pesticide was discovered in medical
marijuana products, triggering recalls, a licensed grower that runs a massive
greenhouse north of Calgary
says the fledgling industry “must ensure that it never happens again.”
Still, a top executive at Aurora Cannabis Inc. said Monday
the recalls are proof that industry oversight and company testing are effective
at identifying risks in medical pot sold to customers.
“It’s unfortunate that some people were affected by this
recall,” said Cam Battley, executive vice-president at the Vancouver company. “But it’s the exception to
the rule… This is a system that is working day in, day out, and it’s handling
10 per cent, per-month growth.”
The recalls come as the legal marijuana production industry
seeks to legitimize itself ahead of Ottawa
authorizing recreational pot use."
A recall? For this product?
I must admit that I would have thought that such an activity
would not be very helpful for this industry. However, it happened. I must admit
that I would have thought that the organization's function is not just in
"identifying risks" but rather is in "preventing" risks in
the first place. The article in the newspaper also identified another
incident that happened previously as well.
How many more of such incidents might take place and what
would the consequences be?
HOSPITALIZATION
I have to admit that I have not been following very closely
the new hospital stories for what may take place in this Region.
I must admit that I thought that there was some talk going
on about closing down the 2 hospitals in Windsor after the new one was built
but I really didn't take it very seriously because that seemed so ridiculous to
me. However, and I am still not 100% sure, it seems that what I had
thought I heard is now going to be true. I will spend some time later on
following up on it but let us assume that what I have said now is correct. Why
such a decision should be made is beyond me! Of course, it seems to me that
cutting down the number of hospitals has to be based on financial
considerations, nothing else.
Let me just refer to a bunch of comments I have seen over
the past little while which might give you and me, dear reader, some
information about whether such a hospital will be built here and when. In this
article, I won't get into the subject about whether we should have only one
real hospital in this Region.
This story was quite interesting to me. It suggested who
might provide additional hospital assistance for any patient who was there and
at no cost to the Hospital. While it may be great for the patient, it also was
extremely positive financially for the Hospital as far as I was concerned. It
makes it easier just to have one hospital in the area doesn't it:
"Around-the-clock visitation means better care for
hospital patients
Hotel-Dieu Grace Healthcare is allowing visitors 24/7 access
to their facility…
the payoff is: improved patient outcomes; fewer medication
errors and falls; reduced lengths of stay; and a better transition to home
resulting in fewer readmissions and emergency department visits.
There are also fewer medication errors when you allow family
members to be more involved…
So having a family member there really improves the level of
care of the patient and really assists staff who are often overworked and very
busy and trying their best.” (Brian Cross, Windsor Star, January 17, 2017)
I have to admit that I never really understood why a number
of hospitals in Windsor
I don't have the numbers right here but I thought that the
number of beds in the Hospital were not going to be all that high either. I did
have some of trouble then understanding what the advantage would be. Here is a
situation we are having now even with 2 Hospitals. What would it be like if we
only have one and how many times would such a situation occur:
"Windsor
Regional Hospital
cancelling surgeries due to capacity crisis, warns leadership
The ongoing capacity crisis at Windsor Regional
Hospital has forced the
system to take drastic measures such as cancel surgeries, says hospital
leadership.
“When you’re running at the percentages we’re running at,
something has to give,” said David Musyj, hospital president and CEO, at a
press conference on Wednesday.
Since the beginning of the year, WRH has experienced a
dramatic spike in acute-care cases — predominantly elderly patients suffering
from flu or stomach virus — that is pushing resources past their limits.
As of Wednesday, Musyj said the hospital’s Met Campus is at
113 per cent capacity and the Ouellette Campus is at 104 per cent. There are
now 54 overflow beds being used beyond the system’s normal maximum occupancy of
545.
Four surgeries scheduled to take place at the Met Campus on
Wednesday had to be cancelled and rescheduled…
But what to be done about it? Musyj said it’s imperative
that other medical facilities across Windsor-Essex improve “bedded capacity.”
“We can’t take the burden ourselves. We need help from
everybody,” Musyj said. “We need to make sure everybody is pulling their weight
across the system.” (Dalson Chen, Windsor Star, January 18, 2017)
I thought that the capacity at the new Hospital here was
only going to be 500 people. That number is below what our capacity is now.
Does that mean that it would be in emergencies situations quite often?
By the way, after I read this story, I did not think that
David Musyj was all that happy about what was going on here. I really wondered
whether he suspected that nothing would ever be built here in the near term:
"Mega-hospital project 'will be over' if provincial
funding doesn't come through
If promised provincial funding doesn't come through Windsor's mega-hospital
project "is over," according to the hospital's CEO.
David Musyj made the comments after a pre-budget consultation
with Yvan Baker, parliamentary assistant to minister of finance Charles Sousa,
at St. Clair College Thursday.
"We can't delay it any further. We have to move this
forward," said Musyj, who added the long delay for funding has him feeling
apprehensive. "If we don't receive the funding to move to stage two this
project is over…"
[Yvan Baker, parliamentary assistant to the minister of
finance] said he is aware of how important the need for hospital funding is,
but declined to comment on the future of the project saying, "As far as
what we can expect I will leave that to the minister of health." (CBC News January 12, 2017)
That sure does not seem too positive to me to expect that a
new hospital will built here.
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