And, in other health related news, over the years, there have been steady reports that health inspectors are being induced not to conduct their inspections or submit accurate reports to the ministry. We took up those allegations with Dr Diaz today and Here's how she responded.
Dr Melissa Diaz Musa, Director of Public Health & Wellness
"Well I really don't know where you are getting your reports but that is absolutely not true we have not heard anything like that and anytime we hear or anytime something like that comes out we do our full investigation. Our environmental health staff which includes the public health inspectors and the vector control officers work very diligently, they have significant responsibilities when it comes to public health and preventative care in our society and community and they are easily accessible and very transparent you will always see them walking around inspecting grocery stores looking at restaurants dealing with complaints, water testing so there is a wide array of services that they provide."
"So the environmental health program. Many years ago these programs were managed under the ministry of health. We have moved away from that and these programs now come under the regions. So each region would have the staff that they monitor day to day the staff activities. There are monthly reports that are presented to us and to their technical advisors, so in headquarters we do have technical advisors or technical experts in the area who would go out and assist if there are any major concerns if these officers are not able to deal with. The public health inspectors and vector control officers also have supervisors working with them in the regions and those supervisors also report to the primary care coordinators and the deputy and regional health managers for each region."
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