Are the cuts in health care spending in Ontario taking a wrong turn?
s Provincial government cut-backs in Ontario’s health care sector are translated into decreased health services for consumers, breastfeeding support services are also feeling the chop. Breastfeeding supporters were shocked to hear that Dr. Jack Newman’s position as Director of Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children breastfeeding support services was terminated, and that HSC may be closing the doors on the first ever breastfeeding clinic in Canada. The highly specialized practice of Dr. Newman will continue to be available through clinics developing in other facilities. Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children will be the loser. They lose the valuable services performed by Dr. Newman who has gained national and international respect as a leading voice and expert in the important area of infant nutrition.
