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MLA questions minister on closures
Within minutes of Queens-Shelburne MLA Kim Masland holding Health minister Randy Delorey's feet to the fire during question period in the legislature Friday about the legendary emergency room closures at Roseway Hospital this year, the NS Health Authority announced yet another closure of fourteen hours this Sunday, from 6:00am to 8:00pm. That decision will bring the total hours of closure at Roseway to 798 hours since June 1.
As was her practice at the last sitting of the Legislature, Masland hammered at the minister about his inability to explain the constant failures of the health system in the province and for the government's seeming inability to admit that a health care crisis exists in Nova Scotia.
To her final question of whether the constant closures at Roseway's ER mean that Shelburne County residents are getting the health care they deserve, Delorey trotted out what seemed to be talking points about how effective the government had been in tackling the legion of health care issues plaguing the province.
The minister's responses appeared to be rehearsed and were the same or similar to those used last session regarding health care questions from several opposition MLAs. The minister ultimately failed to respond to Masland's question about whether Shelburne County residents deserved to have an emergency room which was closed an accumulated 32 days in four months.
