Can the Minden Emergency Room Be Saved? | The Agenda

In late April, the Haliburton Highlands Health Services announced it was cancelling emergency services in Minden and consolidating with the Haliburton hospital, approximately 30 minutes away. The closure is effective June 1. A grassroots group has formed and this week presented more than 16,000 signatures in support of reversing the decision to Queen's Park. To discuss why this measure is concerning residents of the rural town with population of 7,000 that swells during the summer cottage season, we welcome Patrick Porzuczek, spokesperson for Save Minden Ontario Emergency Room, and Dr. Alan Drummond, physician and emergency medicine advocate with the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians.
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