Vous �tes tous invit�s au lancement du livre du Dr Augustin Roy le mercredi 26 f�vrier 2003, de 17 heures � 19 heures, au restaurant Le Commensal, 3715 chemin Queen-Mary � Montr�al.

Je viens de terminer sa lecture : �difiant et instructif! Notamment, j�ai appris beaucoup sur les 4 �pisodes (1970, 1990, 1998 & 2002 ) � l�occasion desquels la FMOQ a abandonn� la FMSQ � elle-m�me, sur les ventes aux ench�res des jeunes m�decins ( 1990 & 2002 ) sur l�opposition farouche � la sp�cialisation en m�decine d�urgence et l�utilisation des m�decins d�urgence ( 1990 & 2002 ).

Son rappel et son analyse des grands moments de d�rive gouvernementale et de changements pervers au syst�me d�assurance-maladie �toff�s des souvenirs d�un des acteurs de premi�re main pendant pr�s de 20 ans en font un t�moignage percutant et essentiel � la compr�hension des maux qui affligent le syst�me de sant� qu�b�cois.

�tant donn� le caract�re politique de l�ouvrage � un moment charni�re de la red�finition du syst�me de sant� qu�b�cois, politiciens, critiques de sant� et journalistes sont aussi convi�s � cet �v�nement.

Il nous appartient collectivement de profiter de cette occasion pour faire valoir et conna�tre les droits et besoins essentiels � la pratique d�une m�decine de qualit� au Qu�bec.

� bient�t,

Luc Bessette








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Cut waste in health system, MD urges

KINDA JAYOUSH
The Gazette


Wednesday, February 19, 2003
ADVERTISEMENT


Quebec's health-care system should be reformed to cut expenses and
reduce the burden on taxpayers, a former head of the Quebec College
of Physicians and Surgeons says.

"There is enough money in the system, but it is badly spent," Dr.
Augustin Roy, who was president of the doctors' professional order
for 20 years, said yesterday.

"The federal government is giving a lot of money to the provinces.
Where do they take that money from? They take it from the taxpayers'
pocket."

Roy made his comments at the launch of his book Permettez-moi de vous
dire" (Let Me Tell You) at the College's offices on Ren� L�vesque
Blvd. W.

He said Quebec spends about 42 per cent of its budget on health care,
compared with 46 per cent in Ontario.

"That is nonsense. I think not more than one-third of the budget
should go to health expenses. It used to be around 30 per cent 10
years ago (in Quebec)."

Health-care spending could be reduced if hospitals were merged, the
number of regional boards was decreased and bureaucracy at CLSCs
controlled, he said.

"I would very much like to see a big hospital, like the Montreal
General, have two or three smaller hospitals, four or five CLSCs and
nursing homes under its administration," he said.

Roy accused Premier Bernard Landry and Quebec Health Minister
Fran�ois Legault of using the health-care issue to lure votes ahead
of the election expected this year.

"This year, they got $1 billion from Ottawa. They are very happy ...
and in the next few weeks, you will see that the money will be spent
to decrease the waiting list, for example," he said.

"But we have to explain to the taxpayers what we do with the money.
The people who pay must know. They have the right to know and they
should question the government about that."

Roy accused the government of carrying out needless rationing, saying
there is enough money in the health-care system to spare patients
long waits.

"There is no reason for people to wait a year to get a hip or a knee
replacement," he said.

Roy described his book, which outlines the history of health care in
Quebec, as observations from "his 50 years of medical practice and
involvement in medical affairs.

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