Network reaffirms the importance of the mission and mandate of the Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont UHC
Moncton, Saturday, May 15, 2021 – The provincial health care system’s human resources challenges have generated numerous public statements over the past few days. Some possible solutions that were brought up prompted brisk concerns, namely among the medical staff, as to the sustainability of the services provided by the Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont UHC, in Moncton. Vitalité Health Network unequivocally reiterates the importance of its facility’s provision of services and its ongoing development as a leading Francophone health care institution in New Brunswick and beyond.
“It is imperative that the Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont UHC continue its mission as a Francophone university hospital centre. Any solution to the current human resources challenges must not come at the expense of this mission,” stated Dr. France Desrosiers, President and CEO of the Network. “We are working relentlessly at maintaining and improving our service delivery amid a difficult context, but without ever casting doubt over these fundamental principles,” she concluded.
The Network recently appointed Brigitte Sonier-Ferguson to the position of Vice-President – University Mission. “We are currently working on a new action plan for the development of our university mission with our teaching and research partners, including the Université de Sherbrooke and the Université de Moncton. This plan is building on the position of the Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont UHC as a Francophone teaching and research hospital facility, acting like a lighthouse to help guide the Network’s other centres toward excellence. Its mission is defined, and we have no intentions of minimizing its importance, quite the contrary. We will not achieve this without our UHC,” said Ms. Sonier-Ferguson.
Same conclusions from the Francophone health authority’s Board of Directors. “It is much more than a simple hospital, and I believe its existence, its mandate and its mission are essential to achieving excellence in service delivery while contributing to the entire provincial health care system,” stated Michelyne Paulin, Chairperson of the Board of Directors. “The Regional Health Authorities Act stipulates that we have the responsibility to improve the delivery of health services in the French language. The Board will never let the Dr. Georges-L-Dumont UHC crumble.”
Our 2020–2023 strategic plan proposes various catalysts that contribute to improve and maintain our services that aim at implementing a learning approach in our organizational culture, where innovation and scientific evidence will allow us to ensure the delivery of quality health care and services. We are looking ahead at the future, a future where the Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont UHC is the pride of its staff, partners and the entire Francophone community,” Dr. Desrosiers concluded.
