Ont. will probe H1N1 doses given to private clinic
Last Updated: Monday, November 2, 2009 | 9:27 AM ET
The Canadian Press
People waiting for an H1N1 shot line up outside the North York Civic Centre last Thursday. (Canadian Press) Ontario's health minister says the province will look into the decision to give doses of the H1N1 vaccine to a private clinic in Toronto, but not until after they have a grip on the pandemic.
Deb Matthews says she is not going to second guess the decision by Toronto's medical officer of health to give Medcan, described as a preventative health-care clinic, 3,000 doses of the vaccines for its high-paying members.
Medcan has said it may offer the vaccine to non-members who come equipped with a referral from public health officials.
But that decision isn't sitting well with some in the health-care field.
Doris Grinspun, of the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario, says getting a referral is next to impossible and is worried the clinics will create gaps between the haves and have-nots.
