MissMarlene
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14 years ago @ Macleans.ca - 'It's a fals... · 0 replies · +2 points
To make the point, the Mental Health Commission of Canada has recognized that health care professionals discriminate against the mentally ill - in direct contravention of s. 15 of the Charter of Rights (our Constitution). That means individuals who have been diagnosed with a mental illness are not getting proper health care and in many cases are being denied care altogether. Here is a partial statement from the MHCC's 'Anti-Stigma Initiative':
"Health care professionals - the medical front lines eg, doctors, nurses and Emergency Room receptions, are where people seeking help say they experience some of the most deeply felt stigma and discrimination."
Barbara Hall, the Ontario Human Rights Commissioner made this statement on the OHRC website: "In some situations, like a medical clinic, it might be appropriate to refer a patient on to another professional who will help them. But patients should not have to shop around for medical treatment they were denied for non-clinical discriminatory reasons."
I was refused referral to a specialist for a formal fybromyalgia diagnosis by two physicians at the Mountain Medical Clinic in Hamilton despite former medical records indicating it should be investigated. When contacting the CPSO regarding the first refusal, I was told they could do whatever they wanted, despite Ms. Hall's statement that also pronounced that the CPSO had developed an anti-discrimination policy for it's members. When asking a CPSO investigator about the policy, she said they "had no proof", contradicting case law.
Ms. Hall appears to have abdicated the responsibility of the Ontario Human Rights Commission to an agency that is notorious for withholding evidence from their complaints committee or not complying with the rules of civil procedure.
I'd rather bring this corruption into the light of millions of Americans where the Ontario government is more likely to respond than have the two or three people that will read this but never have the denials of medical service ever see the media spot light in Canada
14 years ago @ Macleans.ca - 'It's a fals... · 0 replies · +3 points
And since when don't Canadians, Canadian politicians and Canadian media not debate everything America does every chance they get? Canadians have been conditioned to salivate at the mere mention of 'America' which elicits contemptuous responses. I find Rae's commentary laughably hypocritical, even bizarre when we Canadians criticize everything America does.
15 years ago @ Angry in the Great Whi... - Helen Kormendy: I\'m b... · 0 replies · +1 points
15 years ago @ Angry in the Great Whi... - Grumbling Liberals -- ... · 0 replies · +1 points