Suicide and Teens

Health Minister Ross Wiseman insists there is not enough need for a long-term facility in Newfoundland and Labrador to deal with mentally ill children.

"You know, the numbers that have been presented thus far through the health authorities say it happens very rarely and when words such as 'rarely' are used, that indicates that it isn't a large number," Wiseman said.

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It's often difficult to grasp, but an obvious truth exist that there is a price placed on life in this province. The Cameron inquiry has uncovered that philosophy, and proved it's truth time and time again. It becomes easy to discredit this kind of thought, simply because it sounds bad.

A sad irony, our Health Care system has been using a viability type assessment process in delivering care in this province for many years, and for the most part has been able to keep it under wraps. In essence, what this means is this! If your Mom, Dad, Little Brother and your Granny at age 80 comes to an ER with life threatening injury and if ER resources are low, the most likely fatality will be Granny. Figure it out!

Another sad development in Health Care, one which bothers me most, is the vehicle this clown Wiseman uses to deliver his dirty we can't help you message, his front liners are the ugly persons in even the most forgiving heart.

The system is full of worn and tired social workers, who put their best foreword in calming families over such travesty. Ross Wiseman and entourage have been coining dollars, openly and publicly and obviously without shame as a reason for not maintaining a fully functional health youth mental health care system in this province.

Often communities of all types especially children get lost in a much larger puzzle, all the while our most fundamental human resource, in that of our social workers are being both emotionally and physically torn apart over following broken policy, versus doing what's humane for their clientele.

Ross Wiseman, people are suffering, especially our children, and I find it extremely difficult not to view your view on this issue as being totally contradictory. Just two days ago, you ask people to report child abuse. Well sir, you ought to be the first one reported. Your views, your departments views and your governments views in my opinion should be illegal. Any child dying because a mandated component of health care was not provided, should not be viewed as anything less than systemic manslaughter. As the man responsible, you are failing to provide the necessity of life to these kids.

Brudder