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Veterans Affairs committee It would not be the WSIB of Ontario.
May 3rd, 2017Committee meeting
John Genise
May 3rd, 2017Committee meeting
John Genise
Veterans Affairs committee Well, it's not within our drug formulary. It is our medical opinion and our legal opinion that there's no proof that it is effective in the treatment of our injuries. That's our stand right now.
May 3rd, 2017Committee meeting
John Genise
Veterans Affairs committee Is this for post-traumatic stress in particular?
May 3rd, 2017Committee meeting
John Genise
Veterans Affairs committee We still go down the same channels. I'm going to consult my notes, because there are three specific criteria that we look at. First of all, we're looking for an event—typically a significant event—that's clearly and precisely identifiable and wasn't cumulative, but was typically
May 3rd, 2017Committee meeting
John Genise
Veterans Affairs committee If there's no physical injury?
May 3rd, 2017Committee meeting
John Genise
Veterans Affairs committee Yes. That would meet the criteria. Even if they weren't physically injured themselves, but they were in a horrific event—for example, being a driver on the subway when someone jumps on the tracks, etc.—we would again go through the basics. Was this normal for them? Was there an i
May 3rd, 2017Committee meeting
John Genise
Veterans Affairs committee Yes. You have a couple of things there. One is in terms of how we.... It's common, unfortunately, that many people don't have a family physician in the traditional sense, but we accept very different forms of health care, such as physiotherapists, and chiropractors.... There's a
May 3rd, 2017Committee meeting
John Genise
Veterans Affairs committee I'm familiar with that challenge. There are a variety of challenges around a psychologist treating anyone, particularly someone who's injured. If, for example, the extent of our entitlement is limited, the psychologist has a duty to continue to treat this individual, perhaps with
May 3rd, 2017Committee meeting
John Genise
May 3rd, 2017Committee meeting
John Genise
Veterans Affairs committee Yes. Periodically we have to go back in time and piece together what occurred on the day of the alleged event. The worker will say that a witness was their co-worker at the time and that his name is so-and-so. He might not be working for the employer anymore, but that might be a
May 3rd, 2017Committee meeting
John Genise
Veterans Affairs committee It's embedded in our legislation that both parties have a requirement to co-operate in the return-to-work planning. The employer has an obligation, once they hear what a worker's abilities are, to review their workplace to determine what jobs and duties could be offered to that e
May 3rd, 2017Committee meeting
John Genise
Veterans Affairs committee They're meaningful. That's why we have the on-the-job planning right there that's signed off on by everyone. Everyone knows what the duties are, and the hours, the responsibilities, and the barriers, and what the problems are. It's a form of about six pages or so that they fill o
May 3rd, 2017Committee meeting
John Genise
Veterans Affairs committee Not at this time.
May 3rd, 2017Committee meeting
John Genise
Veterans Affairs committee Yes. It is being looked at.
May 3rd, 2017Committee meeting
John Genise