Concerns have been raised by an advocacy group which has reported sexual assault survivors have faced barriers in receiving services at Health Sciences North, an issue the hospital attributes to staffing shortages.
Sudburian Jacqueline Villeneuve-Ahmed, founder and director of She Matters, told Sudbury.com the group is especially concerned due to the involvement of a survivor who is a minor. Sudbury.com reached out to HSN for an interview. A written statement was issued instead, then posted to the hospital’s website and their Facebook page, with the ability to comment disabled. “HSN, just like all other hospitals, is experiencing staffing shortages. We are working to recruit more nursing staff to our team to care for survivors as quickly as possible,” reads the statement from HSN spokesperson, Didier Pilon.
HSN states that as staff shortages are “system-wide,” a provincial navigation line was created for survivors “to access additional support and find access to the nearest treatment centre in Ontario and the nearest available health-care professional.”The statement ends with an apology to those who were “not satisfied with the care they received.”
After the incidents were reported to She Matters, Villeneuve-Ahmed said the board reached out to several community stakeholders, including HSN, as well as Greater Sudbury Police, Sudbury Victim Services and other community groups. Villeneuve-Ahmed said almost every group returned with a request to meet and discuss. All but HSN.
“They're just haven't been efforts made to really rectify any of those concerns brought forward,” she said. “In this particular instance, we just couldn't stay silent.”
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