Canadian Medical Practitioner's Actions Can Cause Significant Patient Harm
Canadian Medical Practitioner's Actions Awards will be awarded each year to draw attention to ten examples of the trauma of medical harm in Canada. Everyone makes mistakes, however, with a unique program in Canada, $520+ M taxpayer dollars are transferred yearly in a provincially funded program to the Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA), with a war chest of $5.4 billion to defend health care practitioners accused of medical errors at all costs, resulting in continued medical distress.
CMPA lawyers use "a scorched-earth policy, a military strategy that aims to destroy anything that might be useful to the enemy". Patients are not the enemy, they are the wounded. These tactics add to and prolong emotional and financial trauma for all patients who are left with no recourse for corrective care.
The core values of the CMPA are illustrated very clearly by the founder who stated in 1919:
“Our organization does not consist in the fights we have put up or in the open success we have had but rather in the silent influence we have swayed against litigants... These litigants have found out that our Counsel stands ready to accept service of the writ and your Executive stands ready with a bank account to furnish the sinews of war. Dozens and dozens of cases have thus been strangled at their inception and have disappeared like dew off the grass. This feature, gentleman, is the strength and glory of your association.”
Is this the culture and mission of an organisation that deserves taxpayer support?
“A nation's greatness is measured
by how it treats its weakest members.”
- Gandhi
About Us
This site has been developed by a group of concerned citizens including patients who have been medically harmed. This court of public opinion will continue to speak truth to power.
The goal of these awards is to expose the serious nature of medical errors and give patients a voice.
We believe Canada should adopt a no-fault compensation policy that would restore trust, integrity, and compassion in our healthcare system.
"By using the 2017 CMPA budget of $662 million and upper limit estimates of 18 percent of administrative costs, a no-fault system in Canada would cost up to $119 million to administer and result in at least $543 million awarded directly to patients."
Reference: longwoods.com
Backup Ref: nih.gov
