I am surprised the situation has not improved more. I worked for 30 years in healthcare. I was also on the receiving end of rural healthcare, and I had to be away from my family for a year and a half for treatments. This was in the fifties. The fact that even today, we are still in this situation... This problem is not specific to Newfoundland. Similar situations occur in Quebec. I am really surprised that the problem is this serious.
I would like you to elaborate more on the proximity in the services that should be provided. Up to now, we have been more concerned with bringing the patient to medical care whereas I think we should rather bringing medical care to the patient. I feel you share this concern. And I am glad that you think we should do this through a strategy that is coming from the grassroots and from the rural areas.
I would like you to elaborate more. I feel something is still missing concerning the way we should go about this. You have indications suggesting you could be interesting for people on the ground, but how could we do it?