Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I want to ask the Minister of Health and Social Services in terms of the response call-out policy with the local health centres. When there is a call from one of the community members in the communities asking for the nurse to come because of situations where a person can’t leave their house, what is the policy in terms of the nurse responding to a call?
Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. The honourable Minister of Health and Social Services, Ms. Lee.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Generally speaking, that call will be determined by the situation, obviously, and also the availability of nurses in the health centre. Sometimes if they have to be on call -- I mean, they usually have to be on call -- they may not be able to leave the centre. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Mr. Speaker, if the call-out situation is very grave and is a matter of life and death, even if the nurse is on call, does this give enough warrant for the nurse to leave the health centre to attend the patient at their home?
Mr. Speaker, I believe there are specific practice guidelines on this which I don’t have right now, so I will have to take the question under advisement and get back to the Member. Thank you.
Mr. Speaker, can the Minister then provide some policy that states very clearly in the health centres that when there is a life or death situation, the nurse will attend at the patient’s home?
This goes to, obviously, the core of the service that our health care professionals do provide and I believe there are practice guidelines on that. I will, once again, take the question under advisement. I will get back to the Member on that and verify what is on there. Thank you.
