Perception is sometimes reality

The CDS is reporting comments made at last night's Council meeting by the Deputy Mayor, full story here. Essentially the signup activities by the Port Hope Health Centre (PHCC) has the DM concerned. Calling the signup activities "A duplication of effort". Noting that the PHHC has extended both the mandate that covers the type of patient and the geographic area to be served he observed that ""It's a concern" that this solicitation is taking place by a Port Hope-based centre". Mayor Delanty chimed in saying "We seem to be at cross purposes, We're serving the same people in West Northumberland. It's unfortunate."

So what do we make out of this? Not enough orphans to justify a recruitment committee? Only Cobourg should do this kind of thing? We have spent a quarter million dollars on this effort and now we're quibbling about signup activities and where patients should go? Sad ain't it!

Perhaps if the powers to be had figured out accurately the number of people needing Doctors then we would have known how many Port Hope could have and the rest go to the recruitment Committee.