Patient Refused at the Paspebiac CLSC Was Already Dead Geneviève Gélinas a 74-Year-Old Man, from Duguay Remained Vague About Vestigation
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Contract 400119680 ESTABLISHED • MAY 1975 VOLUME 43 / NO 49 / DECEMBER 13, 2017 $1.50 (Tax included) Patient refused at the Paspebiac CLSC was already dead Geneviève Gélinas A 74-year-old man, from Duguay remained vague about vestigation. from 10 p.m., the paramedics Bonaventure suffered from what could be done to reduce “The real issue remains. have to drive the patient to the GASPÉ: – The death of a man cardiac arrest at 11:13 p.m. The those delays. “The analysis has Will we have, yes or no, a doc- closest hospital emergency, refused at the Paspebiac CLSC paramedics initiated cardiopul- to be made with the para- tor on duty 24 hours a day, Maria or Chandler. But the the night of November 23 has monary resuscitation when medics. Then if there are re- seven days a week, in the fu- guidelines provided by the nothing to do with the absence they arrived at 11:25 pm. When quests to be made at the ture? If somebody has a heart CISSS to the paramedics men- of a doctor on duty during that they called the CLSC at 11:45 ministry, that’s our responsibil- attack and is driven (to the tion some exceptions, includ- night, an internal inquiry made p.m., the team of one doctor ity.” CLSC) by his wife, he won’t ing a cardiac arrest. In such a by the Gaspésie Integrated and five nurses directed them The report was completed be received?,” reacted the Parti case, they must go to the Health and Social Service Cen- to the Maria hospital, 57 kilo- on November 29 but wasn’t québécois Bonaventure MNA Paspebiac CLSC. The fact that tre (CISSS) concluded. metres from Bonaventure. made public before, “the time Sylvain Roy. this exception isn’t mentioned According to the report, the Paspebiac is only 22 kilome- for the (Health) minister’s team From midnight to 8 a.m., in the CISSS report is “disturb- patient died several minutes tres away. to be aware of it,” stated Ms. only patients arriving by am- ing,” states Mr. Tremblay-Roy. before the paramedics called The Health Ministry stan- Duguay. bulance will be received at the “I find it deplorable that the CLSC and the dards require a doctor to be on “We reacted at the National Paspebiac CLSC, explained such an event was needed to doctor/nurses team made the duty 12 to 16 hours per day at Assembly and we won’t add the CISSS officials. get a doctor on duty at all right decision by directing the the Paspebiac CLSC, stated au- anything else,” wrote the “If we had paramedics times,” states Pier-Luc Bujold, ambulance to Maria hospital, thors of the CISSS report. spokesperson of Health minis- ready to react by the minute, president of the Syndicat des (which requires 30 more min- However, “the history consists ter Gaétan Barrette. we would improve the survival infirmières, infirmières auxili- utes to reach). of offering medical services 24 chances,” believes Mr. Roy. aires et inhalothérapeutes de “Beyond a reasonable hours a day,” they add. A coroner “We’re lucid. The man had l’Est du Québec (SIIIEQ). doubt, they couldn’t save him Ms. Duguay guaranteed a investigation limited chances (of survival). The SIIIEQ is asking for anyway with the technical doctor to be on duty for 24 But the system still gave him apologies from the CISSS to equipment that they have in hours a day, seven days a week The Coroner’s office is in- less chances,” says André the nurse who answered the Paspebiac,” stated the CISSS for the future. A recently re- vestigating the Bonaventure Tremblay-Roy, vice-president paramedics and who was sus- president and chief executive cruited general practitioner will patient’s death as well. The in- of the Fraternité des tra- pended until November 28. officer, Chantal Duguay. The move to the area in January, quiry, made by coroner Renée vailleurs du préhospitalier du “That’s a matter of acknowl- report, signed by two managers mainly to practice in Paspe- Roussel, “aims at clarifying the Québec, which represents the edgement. For a nurse who of the Integrated Centre, was biac. probable causes and the cir- Bonaventure paramedics. It puts her whole heart into her made public on December 7. The report doesn’t analyze cumstances of the deceased,” would have taken eight fewer job, that’s difficult to endure,” During the night of Novem- the 12 minutes taken by the wrote the Coroner’s Office minutes to intervene if the Mr. Bujold says. ber 23/ 24, no doctor was on paramedics to reach the pa- spokesperson. paramedics had had full-time The CISSS writes, at the duty from midnight to 8 a.m., a tient’s house after the 911 call. Health workers and the schedules, he emphasizes. end of its report, that “the facts situation that occurred 28 times They wait for calls from their Bonaventure Member of the When there’s no doctor on reported by the media don’t do between June 1 and November homes, not in the ambulance or National Assembly (MNA) duty from midnight and on, the justice to the work of the 17. at the ambulance station. Ms. asked for an independent in- CISSS report mentions that nurses and doctors of the Giving a Gaspé Spec gift subscription for Christmas has never been easier. Just go to thegaspespec.com and click on SUBSCRIBE and then GIFT SUBSCRIPTION ($46 taxes included). We’ll even send the recipient a card with your Christmas message on it. News Fighting mistreatment briefs and abuse toward seniors Thierry Haroun Expected deficit GASPÉ PENINSULA: - Mis- Thierry Haroun treatment and abuse of all GASPÉ PENINSULA: - The Gaspésie Integrated Health and So- sorts towards seniors are a re- cial Services Center is anticipating a deficit this year, this was con- ality in our society, including firmed to Spec by its financial spokesperson, Jean-Pierre Collette. on the Gaspé. That’s the rea- At the last governing board meeting that was held in Gaspé, the son why there will soon be a Financial Department of the CISSS announced that the expected campaign on that issue. Spec deficit will reach close to $900,000 for the financial year that ends was at the press conference of on March 31. The organization, as for all provincial government the organization that is organizations, must, by law, balance its budget. Part of the deficit launching this important ini- is caused by the higher cost of drugs. As for solutions, Mr. Col- tiative in the Percé Rock lette, says that there are a few on the table to reduce costs and bal- MRC. ance the budget at term. “For instance, we are thinking of On December 5, the round reorganizing departments, fusion of computing systems, to favour table to counter abuse towards energy cost saving projects, and so forth.” The annual budget of the elderly in the MRC of the CISSS is valued at $30 million. Rocher-Percé gave a press conference in Chandler which was attended by many jour- Oh Silent Night nalists from the region and Jeanie LeLacheur those involved in community GASPÉ: Gaspé has a special Christmas tradition that is standing groups. “With seniors, against Photo: T. Haroun the test of time. For twenty-eight years now on a silent night in mistreatment” is the slogan of The spokesperson of the table, Suzanne Bourget. late November people fill a tiny church in Cap aux Os to sing the the campaign which will take songs and hear the Old Old Story. Heated with a box stove, a rem- place starting in January and Nadia Minassian cry. The re- available starting next spring. nant of a time even before electricity and illuminated by coal oil continuing until the spring of lationship that was expressed “It’s so important to reach the lamps which lends its air of quiet reverence to all who enter in to 2019 (yes, an 18-month cam- during that scene was of a se- anglophone community be- hear glad tidings of Him born humbly in a stable in Bethlehem. paign). rious matter. cause they are also concerned Generations have come and gone to the service over the years This project is unique Following the press con- by this serious issue. We will and as the coal oil lamps flicker perhaps touched by some ghostly given that there will be some ference, Nadia Minassian, had do a presentation in English in presence somehow awakened by the love and fond memories car- 20 presentations of a particu- this to say to Spec. “We must the West part of the MRC, the ried in the hearts of their people we remember; other years when lar kind which means that realize that this subject has to Port-Daniel-Gascons area and children long since grown and moved away laughingly drank hot everywhere a presentation is be taken very seriously. More- one in the East part of the chocolate, ate Christmas goodies and once upset an oil lamp caus- made, it will include seminars, over, we, on the Gaspé, have MRC, in the Barachois area.. ing quite a stir. We remember the Sunday School classes who made tips, tools, debates and a the highest rate of seniors in The dates are yet to be fixed the decorations for the Christmas tree, and those who brought the sketch interpreted by two the province. Mistreatment of but we will keep you posted,” tree and decorated it. We are grateful for those who brought wood artists: Comedian Pierre- seniors comes from where she pointed out before adding: for the fire, and moved the snow so carolers could park.