Ronald Bonnetrouge
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Mahsi. Minister.
Mahsi. Mr. O'Reilly.
Mr. O'Reilly.
Mahsi. Mr. Johnson.
Mahsi. Ms. Cleveland.
Mahsi. Minister.
Mr. Martin.
Mahsi. Minister.
Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in June 2022, I tabled Motion 5419(2), improving healthcare in small communities, calling for the Government of the Northwest Territories to conduct an external audit of client treatment records and client satisfaction. The response to the motion stated: Regular audits are undertaken at each health centre to ensure health services are delivered according to clinical practice standards and guidelines.
Can the Minister of health explain what a clinical audit in the small community health centre includes? Mahsi.
Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I presented a motion in this House last June 2022 regarding improving healthcare in small communities. The motion was prompted by numerous complaints made verbally to me or was printed in the media in relation to the many cases of misdiagnosis of Indigenous patients in the small communities.
Mr. Speaker, this is where residents have been into the health centres numerous times for the same ailment, were not diagnosed, or were not diagnosed properly and sent home with Tylenol. And in most cases, it was the fourth or fifth time they were near, or they were in...