Quebec eyes care in mental health.MONTREAL -- Quebec's Ministry of Health has assigned investigators to provincial mental health facilities to check conditions following incidents of abuse and substandard substandard, adj below an acceptable level of performance. care in recent months. Minister of Health Philippe Couillard Philippe Couillard M.D., (born June 26, 1957 in Montreal) is a politician, university professor, and neurosurgeon in Quebec, Canada. He currently serves as the Quebec Minister for Health and Social Services in the government of Jean Charest. rejected advocates calls for a broader inquiry. Couillard said that it would be expensive and unnecessary. A coalition of 35 local mental health advocacy The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. groups, LAssociation des groupes dintervention en difense de droits en santi mentale du Quebec (AGIDD-SMQ), have provided the Ministry of Health with a list of urgent measures that they want to see implemented, including a moratorium A suspension of activity or an authorized period of delay or waiting. A moratorium is sometimes agreed upon by the interested parties, or it may be authorized or imposed by operation of law. on new housing in public health institutions, until an accreditation process is established. |
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