The Ottawa Hospital CEO Cameron Love, who has not previously addressed questions about the new “public-private partnership” publicly, moved to downplay allegations that the agreement is draining resources from the rest of the hospital.
in which operating and recovery rooms are being rented to a private corporation on weekends, saying the partnership has shortened orthopedic wait lists and improved the efficiency of weekday procedures.
Love said such concerns are unfounded and that the “innovative” model used by AOAO has not only resulted in more orthopedic surgeries being completed faster, but also “significant” financial gains to the hospital to the tune of $1,600 per procedure — money he says is reinvested for other surgical procedures.
In a statement released Wednesday, the hospital said AOAO physicians and staff have performed 40 surgeries to date. “In fact, less than half of AOAO’s staff are TOH employees, and they work in a variety of roles at the hospital , Registered Practical Nurses , attendants and clerks) with a mix of full-time, part-time and casual staff,” the hospital said.
Love told the Star that is “not an accurate statement” and that there are multiple reasons why schedules are adjusted or surgeries postponed “but it has nothing to do with what’s happening with AOAO.” “The government said they were going to put up guardrails to make sure that the quality care in the public system would not be impacted by this and this was ‘innovation.’ Well it’s not innovation to make a cancer patient wait a minute longer for something they urgently need. Anybody who’s been through that, a family member or friend who’s been through that, know that every minute counts.”
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