Author Archive for Fran Renoy
Fran Renoy has lived in the County for forty years so considers herself almost a native. Both she and her husband Bill consider themselves very fortunate to live in beautiful Prince Edward County. She worked at PECM hospital for thirty years as a x-ray technologist,retiring in 1998.She has a very strong passion for her local hospital and encourages others to speak up and not be afraid to do so if they feel that services are being eroded.
Vote for health care priorities
Please go to www.votehealthontario.ca and vote on your health care priorities. The following I received from the Ontario Health Coalition: Over the last two months, approximately 700 Ontarians submitted their key health care concerns and issues during June and July. We collated these submissions and now we are asking people to vote on their priorities. […]
Remain vigilant about local health care
Aug. 6/11: Scott Rowand passed away approximately two weeks ago at age 57. In late 2005, Mr Rowand was the healthcare consultant sent in by the then Liberal Minister of Health George Smitherman to look at the governance of Quinte Healthcare. The McGuinty Government had introduced a policy aimed at increased accountability by hospitals and […]
Ontario hospitals have fewest beds per person
This article from the Ontario Health Coalition is interesting – especially with an election around the corner. It states that Ontario has the fewest number of beds per person of any province in Canada. No Vacancy: Ontario Health Coalition Finds Hospital Overcrowding at Untenable Levels Toronto, July 21, 2011 – A new report, “No Vacancy: […]
QHC takes big step with four hospitals
QUINTE Healthcare board took one giant step forward in improving relationships with stakeholders at the annual general meeting June 28. In 1998 when the four hospitals – Belleville General, Trenton Memorial, North Hastings and Prince Edward County Memorial – amalgamated under one umbrella QHC their names were changed from hospitals to sites. This was the” […]
Eye-opening articles address LHINs
On June 22nd the Hamilton Spectator published a story by reporter Steve Buist titled, “The $68-million question. What are we getting from the Local Health Integration Networks?”. One of the statements in this article referred to Georgina Thompson who stepped down June 7th after six years as the chair of the board for the South […]
County girl comes home to help the hospital
In an era when the provincial government has all but forgotten about many small rural hospitals, it was extremely refreshing to see a County Girl come home to help her community. The Young Singers choir came to town last Saturday to help raise funds for the Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Foundation because their founder […]
Old bats in red hats support Hospice
Fran Renoy and The “OLD BATS in RED HATS” present Nancy Parks, Executive Director of Hospice Prince Edward with $200 collected at a fundraising luncheon held at Renoy’s home on June 9th. Door prizes were generously donated by the Portabella Bistro and County Treasures. Hospice Prince Edward is a non-profit, non-denominational organization with a mandate is […]
Have your say at QHC strategic planning meeting
Quinte Health Care would like to hear from you as they plan for the future of your hospital. With that objective in mind they have invited residents of the community to attend a meeting to have their voices heard and to help QHC determine its new five year strategic plan. This meeting will take place […]
MPP Dombrowsky’s reply to Hospital Secrecy Clause
I recently wrote in my blog “The Renoy Report” (McGuinty MPPs Pass Hospital Secrecy Clause) that on May 5 six McGuinty MPPs voted to pass a loophole (Bill 173, Schedule 15) which allows CEOs of hospitals to deny requests for public access to an array of information regarding quality of healthcare in hospitals. On May […]
I have embraced the computer in the name of healthcare
Three weeks ago, after much soul searching, I made a decision to write a blog on healthcare for countylive.ca You may wonder why this was such a major decision for me, but until nine months ago I was actually “computer illiterate” – a fact that I’m not especially proud of. Many of you who know […]
