tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post5175223108311235919..comments2024-03-28T04:04:03.006-07:00Comments on Paying attention: Political control of coroners needs reviewUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-5458201234374945162010-12-24T10:43:39.431-08:002010-12-24T10:43:39.431-08:00The present government has many spinnners doing th...The present government has many spinnners doing their thing so as long as that gang is in power we can expect them to do just about anything they want. Mind you, they screwed up on the HST but are still trying their best to spin out of that mess. Dead people don't vote so must be a low priority to the BC LiberalsDPLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-35239186856751214942010-12-24T09:43:12.607-08:002010-12-24T09:43:12.607-08:00YOu have to wonder about the kind of world we live...YOu have to wonder about the kind of world we live in when "spinning" the report takes precedence over fixing the problem.cherylbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-66895133846186415142010-12-23T13:15:49.592-08:002010-12-23T13:15:49.592-08:00StandupforBC
I don't think I am naive, but I ...StandupforBC<br /><br />I don't think I am naive, but I am absolutely certain that your rant in response to my comment is a non sequitur.wstandernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-79558681549356628202010-12-23T10:00:10.559-08:002010-12-23T10:00:10.559-08:00wstander, don't be so naive. Doctors are from ...wstander, don't be so naive. Doctors are from the same slice of humanity as the rest of us. There are as many corrupt doctors as there are in any walk of life.<br /><br />The Ontario Children's Coronor Dr. Charles Smith was responsible for mayhem over two decades in which he wrongfully (willfully?) stated children had been murdered when they had not. As a result, many, many parents were sent to jail, families were ruined. That's being unravelled, slowly and at great expense, in Ontario courts now, and will be for years to come.<br /><br />Complaints about Dr. Charles Smith were made for years but his bosses and provincial authorities just looked the other way. Finally, a public inquiry was held in which Dr. Smith's evidence was torn to shreds. All of Dr. Smith's pronouncements were throughly false, without basis. Did he suffer any punishment? Nope, nada. Oh, well, maybe a bit of bad publicity.<br /><br />Dr. Charles Smith high-tailed it to BC right after this all became public, and he now lives in Victoria, an environment that is more conducive, apparently, to hiding the deceit and damage that doctors can do than Ontario. <br /><br />So, please don't put doctors on any pedestal. Being given such unassailable reputation and power with no checks and balances, or real scrutiny, often leads to gross abuses, causing great harm and even death. <br /><br />We need an accountable system, not just "a doctor" in that position. <br /><br />Look at the Ombudsperson -- where's her report on her Inquiry into Seniors Health Care in BC??? It's now 2 1/2 years since she announced she was conducting an inquiry. Now she's been fudging for over a year, promising "soon, soon". But she's a lawyer (supposedly a knowledgeable, self-regulated professional), but one who signed what the BC Children's Advocate would not sign, an "accord" that she would not publish anything without it first getting the approval of the government. Some watchdog.<br /><br />So, the Ombudsperson fiddles while seniors die in care, sometimes at the hands of "care givers". <br /><br />No one should trust doctors just because they're doctors, no more than anyone should trust a lawyer just because they're a lawyer. Crooks and harmful behaviour abound in those groups too, with only the flimsiest of accountability to dampen the dangerous actions of those who seek personal gain of some sort, be it money, power or control.StandUpforBCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-43811325113963670792010-12-22T10:56:49.409-08:002010-12-22T10:56:49.409-08:00Could that be because doctors in appointments such...Could that be because doctors in appointments such as Chief Coroner, actually have the publics interest at heart moreso than the police?<br /><br />Another less sinister possibility for not appointing a medical doctor as Chief Coroner is for the same reason lawyers and police officers are not permitted to sit on juries.wstandernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-57817767141606163732010-12-21T21:59:40.315-08:002010-12-21T21:59:40.315-08:00Lori Culbert has written in the Vancouver Sun that...Lori Culbert has <a href="http://www.vancouversun.com/news/ombudsperson+asked+investigate+coroner+resignation/4011010/story.html" rel="nofollow">written</a> in the Vancouver Sun that: <i>The B.C. Civil Liberties Association filed a formal request Tuesday with the provincial ombudsperson, asking for an investigation into the circumstances surrounding last week's sudden resignation of Chief Coroner Diane Rothon.<br /><br />"We hope that the ombudsperson will take a careful look at whether the independence of the coroner has been compromised, and if so could make some recommendations to the provincial government on how the coroners' office could remain independent," BCCL executive director David Eby said in an interview.</i>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-79432147538695185532010-12-21T20:56:29.170-08:002010-12-21T20:56:29.170-08:00..."Most provinces have placed doctors in the......"Most provinces have placed doctors in the top job. B.C., until Rothon’s appointment, has generally opted for chief coroners without medical qualifications, often with a policing background."<br /><br />Could that be because doctors in appointments such as Chief Coroner, actually have the publics interest at heart moreso than the police? Of course! Will the day ever come when we're rid of these psychopathic liberal vampires? I'm beginning to have my doubts.Leahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-5734782234115361562010-12-21T14:03:28.307-08:002010-12-21T14:03:28.307-08:00The BC Liberals always know best, just ask them. T...The BC Liberals always know best, just ask them. Their concerns are not around death of citizens but of covering their own ass.When is this province going to get rid of those clowns. To hear that the PAB has to check out the coroners work prior to the taxpayers hearing about the death shows that the government really doesn't care that much about suspicious deaths. Hope the doctor at least got a fair settlement after working for the gong show called the BC Liberals.DPLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-44193619441422450142010-12-21T13:37:35.297-08:002010-12-21T13:37:35.297-08:00My understanding is one of the defining features o...My understanding is one of the defining features of countries like our's and some others that most of us would not want to live in is that we try to get to the bottom of every death. To not do so only sets us back to the days of the Residential schools and a great many other horrors.Mr. Beer N. Hockeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07184518909716677938noreply@blogger.com