Drumheller doctor blasts Health Minister over physician compensation
Minister Shandro:
Why is the Alberta Medical Association (AMA) using patients and the health of entire communities as pawns in a chess match that should never be occurring during a public health emergency?
I have been pondering this question and several others for weeks, but to be honest, I don’t have answers.
There is no doubt that our publicly funded health system is not sustainable. Everyone knows this. This global pandemic required our health care professionals to become superheroes to combat the virus. Up to a quarter of my patients are newly unemployed because of this pandemic. My patients don’t deserve to see their superheroes fighting the government to get more money.