Poor planning is costing Nunavut government missed medical flights, says MLA – CBC

In 2018-19 there were 6,000 medical travellers who missed flights

Feb 19, 2020

Over a quarter of the territorial health budget is going toward medical travel, but the MLA for Pangnirtung says that money is being wasted because patients are missing their flights.

In 2018-19 there were 6,000 medical travellers who missed flights, Margaret Nakashuk told the legislature on Tuesday.

“This makes it seem as though those individuals simply just couldn’t be bothered. I do not believe it’s that simple,” she said.

Nakashuk wanted to know why the flights are being missed, and what the department is doing about it.

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