With the
Council of Hospital Unions slating the province's new five-year health
care plan as more concerned with the fiscal bottom line than patients,
Health Minister Ted Flemming says healthcare can't continue to grow at a
rate of 5-8% or a billion dollars more today than 10 years ago.
Flemming
tells Tide News what matters is the end result, and that's the highest
level of health care people can get. He adds, if we can do that more
efficiently and if we can do it on a more cost effective basis, he
considers that "no crime."
Flemming
says efficiencies are going to be found in all areas, there won't be
just one area cut. The Council of Hospital have expressed frustration
with the vagueness of the plan and they are anticipating more layoffs.
An apartment building being evacuated after a fire broke out in one of the units.
The Saint John Fire Department says there was heavy smoke pouring out of a third floor
apartment on Davenport Avenue when they arrived. They found a fire in
the back of the home, possibly in a bedroom.
While
fire crews kept the fire from spreading, the room is heavily damaged by
fire and the rest of the apartment has major smoke and water damage. The
building itself has slight smoke and water damage.
The people
living in the apartment where the fire started are displaced for a while
until the apartment is fixed. No word on the cause of the blaze.
A teenager brought to hospital with multiple stab wounds after intervening in an uptown assault.
Sergeant
Cowan of City Police says the incident happened on Peters Street where
two men were assaulting a third man. When the 17-year old stepped in to
help the assault victim, he was stabbed. Cowan says his injuries are not
life-threatening and believes the teenager has already been released
from hospital.
A
56-year old and 29-year old have been arrested and will be making court
appearances. Police are still looking for a third suspect.
No word on the condition of the assault victim
Saint John fire crews battling a blaze on the Upper West Side for three hours. It happened at 353 Dwyer Road, in the Milford area.
Firefighters kept the fire contained to the outside of the building, but there was some slight smoke damage inside.
