The hospitals are too old, ” says Barrette

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The minister of Health, Gaétan Barrette

Martin Lavoie

Tuesday, 20 February 2018 11:59

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The minister of Health, Gaétan Barrette, said that the problem of insect infestation in an operating room of the Charles-LeMoyne Hospital is the sign that the most pressing question in the field of health, in Québec, the age of the infrastructure.

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“The solution is to resurface the block. The institution has submitted a draft in December. It is necessary to quantify, and what one is doing. The reason requires to avoid that the situation is repeated. The most important issue, in Quebec, this is not the first line. I don’t want to offend the staff or the doctors, but it is the infrastructure. The majority of hospitals, at Quebec, and were built in the 50’s. Our hospitals are aging and rebuild is extremely expensive,” said the minister.

“In any infrastructure, there may be water infiltration or the like. In this hospital, people choose to advertise. This is unfortunate. It worries the people,” he added.