Kenora hospital on long wait list – The Chronicle Journal
December 14, 2016
When governments appear inept, disorganized or at wit’s end on how to address obvious service gaps in health care, one can be forgiven for wondering just where taxpayer money is going. That’s particularly true these days in debt-ridden Ontario, with Premier Kathleen Wynne’s popularity at an all-time low and news headlines often dominated by clogged hospitals and lengthy wait times.
So it is somewhat reassuring to notice some tangible examples of taxpayer money at work, such as the considerable amount of bridge repair and replacement projects across the Northwest of late, particularly on Highway 17 between Thunder Bay and White River.
Regardless of who is in power, these projects take years of planning; it is somewhat comforting to know that people in government are doing just that when it comes to major Crown assets like roads, forestry units and, yes, hospitals.
With all that planning going on, it’s hard to understand that Kenora — a summer tourism mecca and one of Northern Ontario’s major centres — is saddled with the dubious distinction of having one of the oldest and outdated hospitals in the province.
