{"id":24020,"date":"2023-01-19T14:31:02","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T19:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/?p=24020"},"modified":"2023-03-01T00:43:02","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T05:43:02","slug":"one-peterborough-clinic-interested-in-private-surgeries-after-province-announces-plan-to-clear-backlog-says-mpp-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/one-peterborough-clinic-interested-in-private-surgeries-after-province-announces-plan-to-clear-backlog-says-mpp-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"One Peterborough clinic \u2018interested\u2019 in private surgeries after province announces plan to clear backlog, says MPP Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(January 19, 2023)<\/p>\n<p>By: Taylor Clysdale, The Peterborough Examiner<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">As the province opens up the rules to allow private clinics to do more surgeries, Peterborough\u2019s MPP says one local clinic could come on board.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">\u201cThere is at least one clinic that\u2019s expressed an interest in being able to do it,\u201d said Dave Smith, on Wednesday, Jan. 18, a day after the province\u2019s announcement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">That clinic can\u2019t be named yet since a formal request hasn\u2019t been made, but it could take part in what many are calling a drastic change in Ontario\u2019s health-care system to clear a growing backlog. Smith also didn&#8217;t specify what type of surgery the clinic would provide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">On Jan. 17, Premier Doug Ford\u00a0<a class=\"text-block__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/politics\/provincial\/2023\/01\/16\/premier-doug-ford-is-set-to-unveil-reforms-to-help-clear-ontarios-surgery-backlog.html?rf&amp;li_source=LI&amp;li_medium=thestar_recommended_for_you\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">announced changes which would allow independent health care clinics to do MRIs, CT scans and other procedures<\/span><\/a>, to try and clear out the backlog of thousands of waiting patients.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">\u201cThe status quo is not working,\u201d said the premier, who said operations will still be covered under OHIP.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">But the announcement has come under scrutiny from the official opposition and health care critics. The NDP has called it a \u201cprivatization scheme.\u201d The Ontario Health Coalition, an advocacy group dedicated to keeping health care publicly funded, said the move was a \u201cmajor threat.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">Peterborough This Week reached out to Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) for comment but was told there wasn\u2019t much to say just yet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">\u201cHospitals across Ontario are currently in the process of seeking additional information and clarification regarding the government\u2019s announcement earlier this week. At this time, we will not be providing any additional statement,\u201d reads the hospital\u2019s response.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com\/local-peterborough\/news\/2023\/01\/19\/one-peterborough-clinic-interested-in-private-surgeries-after-province-announces-plan-to-clear-backlog-says-mpp-smith.html\">Click here for original article<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(January 19, 2023) By: Taylor Clysdale, The Peterborough Examiner As the province opens up the rules to allow private clinics to do more surgeries, Peterborough\u2019s MPP says one local clinic could come on board. \u201cThere is at least one clinic that\u2019s expressed an interest in being able to do it,\u201d said Dave Smith, on Wednesday, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ohc-in-the-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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