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Hugh Mackenzie
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The last few weeks have been a period of high tension in Huntsville in relation to maintaining an acute care hospital in this community. Perhaps it is time to cool things down a bit. The nub of the issue is whether the movers and shakers at Muskoka Algonquin Health Care (MAHC) really have all options on the table for Hospital care in Muskoka or whether they are just going through the motions with their public consultation and intend to stick with the only recommendation they currently have on their books and that is a single-site hospital facility.<\/p>\n

Mayor Scott Aitchison expressed his frustration in a recent Doppler Opinion piece<\/a><\/span><\/span>, when he said in part, \u201cNow there is a much larger Task Force working away at a new plan to present to the<\/em><\/strong> board. All the municipal representatives on this task force, the communities, The MPP, the MP, the new leader of the P.C. Party, even the former Minister of Health are all on record with the position that we need an acute-care hospital, with full emergency, surgical services obstetrics etc. in both Huntsville and Bracebridge. In spite of all of this, the board members who are part of the task force and the CEO Natalie Bubela, continually insist that no decision has been made. What is abundantly clear to me is that their minds are made up and they continue to push for a single site.\u201d<\/em> <\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Mayor\u2019s frustration is understandable because in some ways MAHC appears to be speaking out of both sides of their mouth. On the one hand, they have this Task Force of which they say, all options are on the table. On the other hand, the only recommended option they have approved, by a motion of the Board, is for a single-site hospital. If they really believe that all options are now back on the table, then why have they refused to rescind this particular option as their preferred model? Only in that way would all options carry the same weight. In addition, the survey undertaken by the Task force clearly indicated that a two site \u201cstatus quo\u201d hospital was not an option. And then of course, there was the slip up when MAHC went to District Council for a capital grant of a 114 million bucks \u201cto build a major asset we don\u2019t have right now\u201d.<\/p>\n

There are some good people on the Task Force as there are on the Board of MAHC. I also have no reason to doubt the competence of Natalie Bubela who has her hands full, running a facility that is so badly penny pinched by the Province that she can\u2019t make ends meet. But make no mistake, there is in my view, a significant component on both the Board and in the Administration, that want a new hospital in Bracebridge come hell or high water. Whether they accomplish this through the front door or the back door is irrelevant to them.<\/p>\n

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So now, let\u2019s talk again about the back door.<\/p>\n

I actually believe Cameron Renwick, the Chair of the Task Force, when he says his committee has the single-site option on the back burner and is seriously exploring a two site, acute-care hospital option. I further believe that he, and many others on the Task Force, are acting in good faith. In fact, it would not surprise me if the MAHC Board ultimately approved a model with two acute-care sites in Muskoka, appearing to have listened to what the people of Muskoka want. But this is where it will be very important to follow the money.<\/p>\n

I continue to believe that the MAHC Board will ultimately determine that whether there be one hospital site or two in Muskoka, the current Bracebridge site is not suitable for updating or renovation. Hence, a case will be made for a new hospital in Bracebridge on the site at the south end of that municipality that has been optioned by the Town. The inevitable outcome of that scenario would be that the majority of available capital funding would go to build a new state of the art facility in Bracebridge and Huntsville would be left with a 35-year-old hospital. While lip service in the short term may be paid to acute care in Huntsville, the two hospitals would no longer be of equal status.<\/p>\n

The last thing the Mayor, or for that matter, the people of Huntsville and East Parry Sound want, is to wake up some morning and find out that they have been snookered. The time to clear the air in now.<\/p>\n

Instead of threatening Scott Aitchison with a law suit and attempting to limit his right of free speech, MAHC could take a giant step forward in regaining the confidence of Huntsville and East Parry Sound residents by doing three things now.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

First, they should repeal the recommendation currently on their books for a single site hospital in Muskoka. If they are really open to all options, then by definition, they cannot have a preferred one. It would be a simple gesture of good faith to get rid of it.<\/p>\n

Second, they need to give assurance that if a two-site model is proposed, neither site will be subordinate to the other and that capital funding would be allocated equitably to both sites.<\/p>\n

Third, MAHC needs to demonstrate a willingness to actively work with the municipalities in Muskoka and East Parry Sound to convince the Province to change the hospital funding formula to meet the reality of acute health care needs in this catchment area.<\/p>\n

Three simple things to do really, that would send a much needed message, avoid the current stand off and allow everyone to work together, without suspicion, to find the best possible solution for hospital care in Muskoka and East Parry Sound.<\/p>\n

Is that too much to hope for?<\/p>\n

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