Daryl Dolynny

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have two sets of written questions here today.

My questions are for the Minister of Health and Social Services.

Please provide the total number of cases for 10,000 patients for the following superbugs for each calendar year starting from 2005 through 2013:

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA);

Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE);

Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE);

Klebsiella;

Acinetobacter;

Enterobacter;

Pseudomonas; and

Clostridium difficile.

What is the regional breakdown of the number of cases per 10,000 patients for the list of...

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Minister Ramsay.

Thank you, committee. Page 9-14, Justice, activity summary, services to government, grants and contributions, grants, $9,000. Committee agree?

Seeing none, 9-9, Justice, information item, revenue summary. Any questions?

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Minister Ramsay.

Thank you, Minister Ramsay. Committee, we’re on 9-17, Justice, activity summary, community justice and policing, operations expenditure summary, $4.900 million. Does committee agree?

That was a great paid political announcement, but it didn’t answer my question. I believe the reason why we don’t see the same numbers statistically is that we don’t reflect that in our accounting, we don’t count these superbugs. In fact, we do not report any other superbug other than Methicillin-resistant Staph aureus and there are a lot more bugs out there that make these alarming statistics.

Can the Minister indicate why his department consistently does not data collect, analyze, monitor and report these other deadly superbugs in our NWT health facilities? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Minister Ramsay.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Minister Ramsay.

I move that this committee recommends that the government in the 2014-2015 fiscal year allocate an additional $300,000 to complement existing funding for on-the-land programming, to establish a guiding framework, including definitive safety protocols and tools, for evaluating outcomes of the planned program. Thank you, Mr. Chair.