2009/11/30 (2)The City of Niagara Falls, Ontario
Resolution
November 30, 2009
No. 40
Moved by Councillor Ioannoni
Seconded by Councillor Thomson
WHEREAS the Niagara Health System ("NHS") has along-standing sanction by the Ontario Nurses
Association; and
WHEREAS in October 2008, the NHS suffered anon-confidence vote by its medical staff association;
and
WHEREAS the NHS has continued to operate at a deficit; and
WHEREAS the Hospital Improvement Plan for the NHS calls for the elimination of essential services,
such as maternity and pediatrics, at the GNGH site; and
WHEREAS scheduling actions at the Greater Niagara General Hospital (GNGH) Emergency Room
(ER) Department has lead to the exodus of several dedicated, long-serving emergency physicians; and
WHEREAS the Ontario Medical Association Section on Emergency Medicine and the Emergency
Physicians of Ontario has provided a review of the GNGH Emergency Department and determined that
the Niagara Falls community is unlikely to see stable Emergency Physician staffing for years to come,
with continuous risk of imminent department closure.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Niagara Falls City Council hereby requests, as per section
8.1 of the Public Hospitals Act, that the Lieutenant Governor in Council step in and appoint an
investigator to investigate and report on the quality of the management and administration at the
Niagara Health System; and
FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be forwarded to the Premier, Dalton
McGuinty, the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, the Honourable Deb Matthews, Kim Craitor,
M.P.P., Niagara Falls, and Area Municipalities.
Carried Unanimously
AND The Seal of the Corporation be hereto affixed.
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EAN IO IDA
CITY CLERK
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R, T. (TED) SALCI
MAYOR