The situation for our patients is of great concern. I think we have learned a great deal from the 2007 shutdown. The working group that we have had going pretty much consistently since that initial shutdown has come up with sound advice, has come up with creative advice for our clinical colleagues on how to deal with the shortages. Without the role of that working group, we would not have seen hospitals able to cope as well as they have.
As I indicated in my opening statement, I am very concerned that there do appear to be significant regional disparities in how hospitals are able to cope. If you look at the data I have, hospitals in the west are dealing with it perhaps a little better than some of the smaller urban centres in Ontario and Quebec. That is of concern to me. It has been the basis of a number of conversations I've had with Dr. O'Brien, who is the president of the OANM, and I'll be continuing to try to understand where those disparities come from and what we can do to ameliorate them.