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Hugh Mackenzie
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Beware of the Back Door … <\/strong><\/p>\n

I am not usually a believer in conspiracy theories, although every once in a while they turn out to be accurate. Hopefully, that is not the case when it comes to hospital care in Muskoka, but I must admit I am beginning to wonder.<\/p>\n

A few days ago a letter was posted in the Commentary section of Doppler from a number of local residents who are alarmed about a recent request for funding from the District of Muskoka by Muskoka Algonquin Health Care {MAHC). In a nutshell, they are concerned about two things. First, that it is a clear signal that MAHC is still on the path of wanting a new hospital in Muskoka and, second, that the Board, while it may be going through the motions, really doesn\u2019t give a damn about the opinion of people in our community.<\/p>\n

The request to the District Government by MAHC was for $114 million for \u201cfuture hospital funding to build a major asset we don\u2019t have right now\u201d. (NOTE: One<\/strong> asset, not two.) I am told that one of the presenters on behalf of MAHC actually let it slip that the money was for a new hospital.<\/p>\n

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What is equally disturbing about this is that MAHC has been assuring the public that the Capital Planning Task Force, appointed by them, has a clear mandate to consider all options for hospital care in Muskoka and that it will consult closely with the public before making a recommendation to the Board.<\/p>\n

So what is really going on here? On the one hand, MAHC is asking the District of Muskoka for money to build a new hospital and on the other they are saying that all options are on the table including the two existing acute care hospitals. And here, my friends, is where I smell a conspiracy.<\/p>\n

In talking recently to a number of people who, over the past several years, have been closely following the hospital debacle, I am beginning to believe that a strategy exists that will meet with the original objective of MAHC for a single site hospital and that it could well end up in Bracebridge. The scenario goes like this.<\/p>\n

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This fall, the Capital Plan Development Task Force will complete their work and recommend to the MAHC Board that there be two hospital sites in Muskoka, one in Bracebridge and one in Huntsville. So far so good, right? MAHC has listened to the public and supposedly reversed their decision for a single site hospital. However, as became obvious in the survey conducted by the Task Force, the two sites would not be \u201cstatus quo\u201d, that is they would offer different services. This option is much like the one recommended by an earlier committee for two hospital sites, Site A being acute care and Site B being ambulatory and long-term care. That is step one.<\/p>\n

Step two will be to decide where the more acute care services such a surgery will be provided and, especially given the makeup of the current Board, my guess would be that the coin toss will go to Bracebridge. The argument will be that with a brand new, long-term care facility (Fairvern) built on the Huntsville Hospital property, Huntsville is the perfect candidate for site B.<\/p>\n

And now for step three. An argument will be made that the current Bracebridge hospital site cannot be properly renovated and updated because it is landlocked. And guess what? The Town of Bracebridge has generously optioned a piece of land in the south end of its municipality to build a brand-new hospital. What a coincidence!<\/p>\n

The result of all of this, taken one step at a time, will be that Bracebridge will get a new hospital, the ‘major asset we don\u2019t have right now’ referred to by MAHC when asking for funds from the District. Most of the District funds will go to the Bracebridge site. There will be little money left over to renovate the Huntsville site and, sooner rather than later, most if not all acute care hospital services will be centred in Bracebridge. It will become the single-site hospital in Muskoka. It may have happened through the back door, but there it is.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Nothing more than a conspiracy theory you say? Maybe. Too Machiavellian to be true? Perhaps. But I wonder. All of the elements stated above exist. In addition, the Chair of the MAHC Board is a strong advocate of One Muskoka, with all that entails. The Vice Chair, who will likely be the next Chair, is from Bracebridge and he has not been shy about expressing his bias in that direction. MAHC has clearly shown its hand in favour of a single-site hospital. They have also approached District Council for funding for a new hospital. Under those circumstances, the only possible reason for continuing the mandate of their Capital Plan Development Task Force is to appear to be listening to the public, when in reality they are not and, in fact, don\u2019t have to. The general public cannot vote at an annual meeting of the Hospital. \u201cMembers\u201d of the hospital corporation are the Board of Directors and a selected few past Board members. When it comes to selecting new Board members, that is done by the \u201cmembers\u201d. Effectively, the Board appoints itself and acts as its own membership. It is an incestuous process. There is no accountability. As one former Board member said, \u201cIt is no way to run a public body that should be accountable to the community.” Meanwhile however, the rest of us are completely shut out.<\/p>\n

It is time, in my view, that Huntsville develops its own scenario and quickly at that. We have a great deal to offer and if a new hospital site is really in the works, Huntsville should fight like hell for it. With new hospital facilities planned for Orillia, we are the best situated, located mid-point between there and North Bay, for a regional or semi-regional facility. If we sit quietly in the belief that the current process is fair, with no agendas and no back-room strategy in place, my great fear is that we will wake up one day and it will be too late.<\/p>\n

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