In an effort to correct some ‘inaccurate information’, the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance felt it was necessary to provide some facts to the community.
These details were delivered by the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance by way of a pamphlet, sent to residents across the entire community.
“The ongoing reference to inaccurate information about our organization damages the hospital’s reputation and has an impact on this entire community’s ability to attract highly qualified individuals, such as physicians, and businesses to this region,” said Colin Patey, president & CEO of the CKHA, in an e-mail sent to the Sydenham Current.
“We felt it necessary to provide our community with the facts so they are both informed and empowered to correct misinformation going forward. The governance situation and ongoing negativity does have an impact on our committed, hardworking and dedicated employees, physicians and volunteers. We are extremely proud of our entire team and their performance.”
Zoja Holman, director of communications and organizational development at CKHA, said “the pamphlets were distributed across Chatham-Kent.
“The total cost of the publication was $9,500 with distribution across all of Chatham-Kent at a unit rate of $0.19. This was not an out of budget expenditure. We have lowered costs on distribution with Canada Post and therefore this publication is not an out of budget expenditure or cause increased financial pressure to CKHA above what was already budgeted for,” Holman said in an e-mail.
The pamphlets were created in-house and the information was authorized by Patey, Holman added.
Here is our original story about the pamphlets: CKHA delivers ‘The Facts’ to local mailboxes
Here is a copy of the pamphlets:
Side #1
Side #2
$9,500.00 for What? a piece of paper printed on both sides,
Should have used the Web in the first place?
Using health care funding better allocated to patient care for conducting a public relations campaign that boasts organizational successes while the CEO’s employment contract is up for renewal is unconscionable.
We should not make the $475,000 mistake the PRHC board made when they renewed Mr. Patey’s predecessor’s employment contact, only to dismiss him a few months later.
We should not make the $600,000 mistake the ESC-LHIN board made for the recent dismissal of their CEO, who laying the ground work for the closure of the SDH emergency room against the wishes of both the health minister and the premier.
As CEO, Mr. Patey is responsible for the capital plan as submitted to the CKHA tri-board, which includes the closure of the emergency room at SDH. Unless Mr. Patey does an immediate about-face then his tenure as CEO of the CKHA remains in peril.
My interpretation of “administration” includes secretaries,receptionists,administrators,clerical,assistants,and all the varios levels of management not related to the actual care of patients. Why is there a reduction in nurses,maintenance,care givers and all those related personell and equipment associated with “ADMINISTRATION” and reflected in published public information as being a benefit?