Editorial: ‘Giving up can’t be a solution’
January 24th, 2009An editorial in the Sudbury [Ontario] Star calls for swift action in the case of a woman with ALS and Asperger’s who is living in unhealthy conditions after being denied home care by a government-funded contractor. Minna Mettinen-Kekalainen says she was dropped after she threatened to report nurses who did not follow doctor-prescribed procedures.
An excerpt:
With our aging population, difficult home-care cases are going to come up more often. The health-care system needs to develop effective ways to address them.
Giving up on people cannot be part of the plan.
Earlier post here.

