(Montreal) The Coalition Avenir Quebec (CAQ) wants to increase the private sector’s position in health by launching a call for projects to build two new private medical centers between a family medicine group (FMG) and a hospital to treat minor cases. No need to go to the emergency room.
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These new centers will be located in Montreal and Quebec. The Family Medicine Group (GMF) is open seven days a week, has 24-hour emergency services to treat minor complications that do not require hospitalization, and has operating rooms for day-to-day surgeries. The services provided there are covered by the Régie de l’assurance maladie du Québec (RAMQ).
CAQ chief Francois Legault made the announcement Saturday in Montreal’s east end. If his party forms the next government on October 3, a call for projects will be launched and these centers could welcome their first patients in 2025.
“Hospital emergency rooms are still too often the main entry point for patients, because they have no other choice. They need care, but their health condition does not require them to access specialized technology platforms and services like hospitals, which contributes to network congestion,” Party explains.
“As provided in the health plan, so that the patient gets the right care at the right time, from the right provider, sometimes there is a lack of a middle ground between the GMF and the hospital, where patients need care, but not necessarily in the emergency room,” he added.
Therefore, the CAQ wishes, “These local services, developed and managed by the private sector, will reduce pressure on hospitals. »
