Sexual health clinics to close in BC

[krazykat88]

Five B.C. health clinics to close
by The Canadian Press - Story: 68665
Dec 17, 2011 / 4:41 pm

Nurses in the B.C. Interior are warning the impending closure of five public health clinics will hurt the poor.

The five clinics test and treat sexually transmitted infections and are set to close at the end of the month.

Debra McPherson, president of the B.C.

Comments

*MOD HAT GOES ON*

[koken23]

Can you double check your coding, please?

This reads very weirdly on my flist page, and I may not be the only one.

[bubonicapple]

I'm a social worker in Van, and even though this is not an article about Vancouver specifically, these same actions and cuts to crucial social programs and health outreach centers have left me worn out after spending all my rage. the missing women's inquiry is a joke. it's just lip service and it's distracting from the horrible funding cuts to services sex workers - especially survival sex workers, my largest client base and specific population I work with - need to live in the safest way possible. I'm so disappointed. it's the only word I have to explain how I feel anymore.

I'm sorry if this comment is derailing in any way. I just got home from work and it was a rough night, I'm a bit scattered.

[romp]

No, you're pointing out the larger picture.

I'm torn between thinking people don't know or don't care. It's probably both. How do we demonstrate that the Harper Gov't is dismantling Canada and giving us the US North experience?

[lilenth]

Well I've had American's state to me "oh someone else will provide that service" when I told them about similar efforts to shut down planned parenthood which they didn't know about. People are dangerously complacent.

[romp]

I agree. I'd bet money those were privileged people, almost certainly white. If women, they were probably straight. They believe this and they're the majority.

Dear Everyone: it's not enough to care about people who are marginalized--you have to educate yourself about them as well.

[lilenth]

Ugh, I fail to understand why none of the people making these decisions can grasp that it is cheaper to prevent or to catch and treat all illnesses sooner rather than later. Prevention is cheaper than treatment and treatment is cheaper the sooner it's done.

[romp]

And countries with universal health care tend to know this...but I think health care is a target too. The people who voted Conservative have a LOT to answer for.

[lilenth]

Not necessarily, otherwise we wouldn't have the government messing with the nhs here.

[romp]

Okay, THINKING PRACTICAL people in countries with universal health care tend to support preventative health care. This excludes those who want to dismantle the systems.

[mirhanda]

Can't read this font, can you take out the formatting please?

[poetic_pixie_13]