Editorials/Opinions
The following blog is designed to share opinions, editorials and letters highlighting the various issues, challenges and opportunities facing healthcare in Muskoka and area. Each article includes a link to the complete article, as well as the name or group writing the piece. The goal is to highlight a diverse discussion and share perspectives from experienced professionals within and outside the healthcare sector.
MAHC leadership needs to deliver what the community has demanded ~ former MAHC directors
A ray of hope emerged with MAHC’s recent announcement that the “not status quo” qualification was dropped, putting the community’s preferred two full acute-care site option on the table for evaluation, coming three years late. Now, a pressing concern is what costing...
The fact that MAHC is a self-appointing board needs to change
Letter to the Editor by Sven Miglin Click here
2 Full Hospital Acute Care Sites – Finally considered?
A ray of hope emerged with MAHC’s recent announcement that the “not Status Quo” qualification was dropped, putting the community’s preferred 2-full acute care site option on the table for evaluation; coming 3 years late. Now, a pressing concern is what costing...
Listen Up! MAHC needs to do three simple things to regain the community’s trust
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...
MPP Norm Miller supports two hospital sites, calls for increased funding
Parry Sound-Muskoka MPP Norm Miller made the following statement in support of everyone who relies upon the hospitals in Huntsville and Bracebridge:
We are still not sure that MAHC is listening ~ former MAHC directors
Did MAHC hear the voice of the community? Some Muskoka residents likely watched YourTV’s recent Muskoka Matters show, Health Care in Muskoka. The show featured MAHC Capital Planning Task Force Chair Cameron Renwick, Vice Chair Don Mitchell and hospital CEO Natalie...
Green Party leader says he favours two acute care hospitals for this area
Green Party of Ontario leader Mike Schreiner made a pit stop in Huntsville on Wednesday as the Greens gear up for a June election. He told those gathered at Partners Hall that his party would support two hospitals in Muskoka.
Our Town with Grant Nickalls: Fighting for our hospital
Each week, Huntsville’s own Grant Nickalls will inspire us, entertain us, make us laugh or perhaps cry, but always he will remind us why Huntsville is the best place on earth to call home.
If the Hospital Board and the CEO would just work with us we could be powerful allies ~ Huntsville mayor Scott Aitchison
A thriving Huntsville is important to me. Obstacles to the prosperity of our community are what bug me. And what makes me tick is my ambition to ensure that the fleeting time in which I am the custodian of the office I hold will be well regarded by the people I serve and by those of future generations who look back on our achievements