Longtime nurse Cathy MacNeil has written a new book entitled "Dying to be Seen: The Race to Save Medicare in Canada." CONTRIBUTED - CONTRIBUTEDSYDNEY — A retired health-care worker from Cape Breton is shining a spotlight on a system she has seen “drastically” deteriorate.
“It’s not just a book that criticizes what has happened, it is a book with proposed solutions,” said MacNeil. “I want to get the attention of policymakers and government because it lays out a plan.” At the time a code orange was declared by QE2 Hospital site chief Dr. John Ross. A code orange is normally reserved to be called in times of an external disaster.
Cathy MacNeil, retired nurse:"...the emergency room was sinking and we could not cope." CONTRIBUTED - CONTRIBUTED “I plan to do a book tour and a book signing,” she said. “I gave a copy of the jacket to the Minister of Health in hopes that they would have a look.
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