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LETTERS: Health P.E.I. must consult with physicians and other letters

HEALTH P.E.I. MUST CONSULT WITH PHYSICIANS

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I was dismayed to read the resignation letter from Dr. Heather Austin and especially discouraged by the perfunctory (and factually incorrect) reply from Health P.E.I. How can this organization so casually dismiss the loss of a family physician when more than 35,000 Islanders are already seeking care? Beyond that, how can it fail to address the concerns that Dr. Austin describes in this letter and in two others, written much earlier?

Dr. Austin’s concerns reflect those of her colleagues who were outraged by the lack of discussion when arbitrary and unrealistic expectations for general practice were enacted. These have now been modified but, without consultation, how can Health P.E.I. claim to know their effect on the ground? When Dr. Austin describes a typical day in her working life, I feel exhausted. I could not keep up such a pace.

I am fortunate to have a family doctor. Without the knowledge and care he provides to avert illness and, when necessary, to treat it, I would be a much greater charge on the health service. Beyond that, without my knowledge of his support, I would be anxious about the possibility of illness and stressed by the thought of what it might entail. In short, I would be more vulnerable to infection.

I notice that the letter from Health P.E.I. to Dr. Austin is copied to four........

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