Unnamed NB doctors and hospitals offer to stave off abortion service crisis.Two unnamed gynecologists at two hospitals have offered to perform publicly funded abortions, after the New Brunswick's last publicly funded abortion clinic An abortion clinic is a medical facility that performs or specializes in abortions. Such clinics may be public medical centers or private medical practices. Planned Parenthood, whose clinics offer abortions as well as other reproductive care and counseling, is the largest closes on July 1st. The department has found at least two doctors willing to provide the service, New Brunswick New Brunswick, province, Canada New Brunswick, province (2001 pop. 729,498), 28,345 sq mi (73,433 sq km), including 519 sq mi (1,345 sq km) of water surface, E Canada. Health and Wellness Minister, Brad Green Brad Green may refer to:
Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital announced that it will cease performing abortions because their obstetrics department is overworked and understaffed. The hospital performed nearly all the publicly funded abortions in New Brunswick in recent years. The only other facility in the province is the Morgentaler Clinic in Fredericton. New Brunswick Medicare does not cover the procedure and women have to pay up to $750 for the service. The New Brunswick government only pays for abortions if they are deemed "medically necessary medically necessary Managed care adjective Referring to a covered service or treatment that is absolutely necessary to protect and enhance the health status of a Pt, and could adversely affect the Pt's condition if omitted, in accordance with accepted " by two physicians and performed by a gynecologist gynecologist /gy·ne·col·o·gist/ (-kol´ah-jist) a person skilled in gynecology. gy·ne·col·o·gist n. A physician specializing in gynecology. in a hospital. Last year, the Chalmers hospital performed 400 of the 404 Medicare abortions in New Brunswick, while the Morgentaler Clinic did approximately 600, none of which were covered by Medicare. In 2004, Henry Morgentaler launched a lawsuit against the New Brunswick government, claiming that its legislation denies women equal access to abortions under the Canada Health Act The Canada Health Act is a piece of Canadian federal legislation, adopted in 1984, that lists the conditions and criteria to which the provinces and territories must conform in order to receive the full amount of negotiated transfer payments relating to health care. . That suit is still in the courts. Minister Green will not name the doctors or the hospitals that have offered their services, for reasons of patient safety and the safety of the professionals involved. |
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