{"id":2895,"date":"2013-09-05T12:39:20","date_gmt":"2013-09-05T16:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solidarityacrossborders.org\/?p=2895"},"modified":"2014-07-30T16:14:11","modified_gmt":"2014-07-30T20:14:11","slug":"public-statement-no-border-agents-in-our-hospitals-and-clinics-heath-care-for-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solidarityacrossborders.org\/en\/public-statement-no-border-agents-in-our-hospitals-and-clinics-heath-care-for-all","title":{"rendered":"Public Statement: No Border Agents in our Hospitals and Clinics \/ Heath Care For All!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"<\/a>– PUBLIC STATEMENT: HEALTH CARE FOR ALL!<\/strong><\/h2>\n

– NO BORDER AGENTS IN OUR HOSPITALS AND CLINICS<\/strong><\/h2>\n

– FOR A SOLIDARITY CITY<\/strong><\/h2>\n

(September 3, 2013) The Solidarity City campaign in Montreal calls on all Quebec hospitals and medical facilities to refuse access to agents of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). Medical facilities should exist to offer quality and accessible health care, not to collaborate in the detention and deportation of migrants. All medical facilities in Quebec should be off-limits to border agents.<\/p>\n

There have been troubling incidents of CBSA harassment at hospitals in the Montreal-area. In late July, at least three border agents intervened at the Montreal General Hospital, trying to arrest a 57 year-old woman with heart problems. CBSA agents even entered a monitored care area in the emergency room. (info:\u00a0www.solidarityacrossborders.org\/en\/supporters-outraged-at-cbsas-presence-at-montreal-general-hospital-to-detain-and-deport-a-57-year-old-woman-who-recently-suffered-heart-attack<\/wbr><\/wbr><\/wbr><\/wbr><\/wbr><\/wbr><\/a>)<\/p>\n

Last year, border agents similarly entered the emergency room of the Royal Victoria Hospital, despite opposition from medical personnel. There are also credible reports of more incidents.<\/p>\n

The role of medical facilities is to provide the best care possible to patients, and the presence of CBSA agents disrupts that mission.<\/p>\n

We make this public statement as part of an effort to build a Solidarity City in Montreal that rejects isolation and fear and aims to create networks of support and mutual aid, as neighbors, workers and members of a shared community,<\/p>\n

We demand Health Care For All: meaning that no one should be refused health services as a result of their immigration status. We also support efforts to preserve and reinforce a universally accessible and publicly funded health care system.<\/p>\n

More generally, everybody should have access to health care, education, social housing, food banks, unemployment benefits and any other social welfare regardless of immigration status. Labour norms and human rights should apply equally to all.<\/p>\n

We ask that all medical facilities in Quebec, especially the Montreal-area, disallow the CBSA on their premises as an urgent matter of public policy and health.
\n—–<\/p>\n

This callout is supported by the following organizations and individuals working in the health care sector in Quebec:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Organizations:
\n– Solidarit\u00e9 sans fronti\u00e8res \/ Solidarity Across Borders, Montr\u00e9al
\n– Centre d\u2019aide aux familles latino am\u00e9ricaines (CAFLA), Montr\u00e9al
\n– Centre des femmes d’ici et d’ailleurs, Montr\u00e9al
\n– Clinique communautaire de Pointe-Saint-Charles, Montr\u00e9al
\n– Collectif Justice Sant\u00e9 \/ Health Justice Collective, Montr\u00e9al
\n– \u00c0 deux mains services de sant\u00e9 \/ Head & Hands Health Services, Montr\u00e9al
\n– M\u00e9decins du Monde Canada, Montr\u00e9al
\n– Projet Refuge, Montr\u00e9al<\/em><\/p>\n

Individuals working in the health care sector:
\n– Rita Acosta, Mouvement contre le viol et l’inceste, Montr\u00e9al
\n– Christine Arnold, RN, Montr\u00e9al
\n– Anne-Marie Bellemare, travailleuse sociale, Montr\u00e9al
\n– Dr David Bechard, interniste, b\u00e9n\u00e9vole, M\u00e9decins du Monde Canada, Montr\u00e9al
\n– Dr Nicolas Bergeron, pr\u00e9sident, M\u00e9decins du Monde Canada, Montr\u00e9al
\n– Nazila Bettache, MD, membre du Collectif Justice Sant\u00e9, Montr\u00e9al
\n– Isabelle Brabant, sage-femme, Maison Bleue C\u00f4te-des-Neiges, Montr\u00e9al
\n– Zo\u00e9 Brabant, professionnelle de la sant\u00e9 et membre du conseil d\u2019administration de M\u00e9decins du Monde Canada, Montr\u00e9al
\n– Kat Butler, C\u00c9PI, MSc(A), Montr\u00e9al
\n– Claude-Aline Carriere, infirmi\u00e8re, Montr\u00e9al
\n– Marina Chirchikova, C\u00c9PI, H\u00f4pital Douglas, Montr\u00e9al
\n– Dre Julie Choquet, Clinique Medicale du Sud-Ouest, Montr\u00e9al
\n– Ana Maria Lucio Cruz. Unit\u00e9 familiale des naissances, H\u00f4pital LaSalle, Montr\u00e9al
\n– Nicolas Demers, affili\u00e9 \u00e0 M\u00e9decins qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois pour le r\u00e9gime public, Montr\u00e9al
\n– Fran\u00e7ois Dionne, r\u00e9sident R2, UMF Cit\u00e9-de-la-sant\u00e9 , Laval
\n– Marie France Doucet, psycho\u00e9ducatrice, Montr\u00e9al
\n– Anne Fischer, infirmi\u00e8re \u00e0 l’H\u00f4pital Ste-Justine, Montr\u00e9al
\n– Maryse Fournier. m\u00e9decin r\u00e9sident, CLSC C\u00f4te-Des-Neiges, Montr\u00e9al
\n– Anne-Marie Gallant, infirmi\u00e8re clinicienne, membre du Collectif Justice Sant\u00e9 et de Solidarit\u00e9 Sans Fronti\u00e8res, Montr\u00e9al
\n– Sonia Gauthier, professeure agr\u00e9g\u00e9e, \u00c9cole de service social, Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al
\n– Camille G\u00e9rin, m\u00e9decin de famille, Montr\u00e9al
\n– Florence Godmaire-Duhaime, 2e cycle en travail social \u00e0 l’Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al
\n– Caroline Gr\u00e9goire, omnipraticienne, CSSS des \u00celes, \u00celes-de-la-madeleine
\n– Catherine Pugnaire Gros, RN, MSc(A), Assistant Professor, McGill University; Clinical Nurse Specialist, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montr\u00e9al
\n– Roch Harvey, Directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral, M\u00e9decins du Monde Canada, Montr\u00e9al
\n– Helen Hudson, Inf, MSc(a), Montr\u00e9al
\n– Farha Najah Hussain, orthophoniste, membre du Collectif Justice Sant\u00e9, Montr\u00e9al
\n– Mathieu Isabel, \u00e9tudiant en m\u00e9decine, Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al
\n– Ange-Mina Joseph, Inf. B.Sc., Montr\u00e9al
\n– Dounia Kayal, m\u00e9decin de famille, CLSC C\u00f4te-des-Neiges, Montr\u00e9al
\n– Saideh Khadir, M\u00e9decin d\u2019urgence, CHUM, Montr\u00e9al
\n– Catherine Landry, th\u00e9rapeute en r\u00e9adaptation physique et \u00e9tudiante en ost\u00e9opathie, Montr\u00e9al
\n– Marc-Andr\u00e9 Lavall\u00e9e , Externe en M\u00e9decine, Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al
\n– Isabelle Leblanc, Omnipraticienne, H\u00f4pital-St-Mary’s
\n– Nim\u00e2 Machouf, PhD, Clinique m\u00e9dicale l’Actuel, Montr\u00e9al
\n– Kimberly Munro, R\u00e9sidente en m\u00e9decine familiale, Montr\u00e9al
\n– Fr\u00e9d\u00e9rique Nadeau-Marcotte, Psychiatre, CSSS Rimouski-Neigette
\n– Adonia Naidu, C\u00c9PI, Montr\u00e9al
\n– Marie-Jo Ouimet, m\u00e9decin de famille, Montr\u00e9al
\n– Jos Porter, Health Services Coordinator, Head & Hands, Montr\u00e9al
\n– Emma Preston, second year medical student at McGill University, Montr\u00e9al
\n– Vanessa Purcell L\u00e9vesque, r\u00e9sidente en m\u00e9decine familiale, Universit\u00e9 de Sherbrooke
\n– My Van Quach, Family medicine R2 resident, UMF Notre-Dame, Montr\u00e9al
\n– Nathalie Ricard, infirmi\u00e8re, MA, Montr\u00e9al
\n– Sophie Richard, M\u00e9decins du Monde Canada, Montr\u00e9al
\n– Marylie Roger, M\u00e9decins du Monde Canada, Montr\u00e9al
\n– Andr\u00e9anne Roy, r\u00e9sidente en m\u00e9decine, H\u00f4pital Charles-Lemoyne, Longueuil
\n– Jean-Pierre Roy, infirmier. membre d’infirmi\u00e8res et infirmiers pour la justice sociale
\n– Sophie Schoen, infirmi\u00e8re, membre du Collectif Justice Sant\u00e9, Montr\u00e9al
\n– Samir Shaheen-Hussain, p\u00e9diatre en soins aigus, membre du Collectif Justice Sant\u00e9, Montr\u00e9al
\n– Suzanne St-Pierre, b\u00e9n\u00e9vole, M\u00e9decins du Monde, Montr\u00e9al
\n– Bernadette Thibaudeau, infirmi\u00e8re Maison Bleue, Montr\u00e9al
\n– Florence Thomas, infirmi\u00e8re, Montr\u00e9al
\n– Marilyne Tovar, C\u00c9PI, Urgence de l’H\u00f4pital Laurentien, Ste Agathe des Monts
\n– Carol Valois, m\u00e9decin de famille au GMF de l\u2019UMF Charles LeMoyne (Longueuil) et professeure \u00e0 la Facult\u00e9 de M\u00e9decine et des Sciences de la Sant\u00e9 de l’Universit\u00e9 de Sherbrooke
\n– Ariane Vinet-Bonin, \u00e9tudiante \u00e0 la ma\u00eetrise en service social, Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al
\n– Scott Weinstein RN, Montr\u00e9al
\n– Ouanessa Younsi, m\u00e9decin psychiatre, Montr\u00e9al
\n– Xi Sophie Zhang, m\u00e9decin r\u00e9sident, Montr\u00e9al
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

[To support this declaration, as someone working in the health care sector, please write to\u00a0solidaritesansfrontieres@gmail.com<\/wbr><\/a>\u00a0with you name and affiliation(s); you can sign as an individual or as an organization. If you are not in the health care sector, but would like to support the Solidarity City campaign, consider signing the following Solidarity City declaration as an organization:\u00a0www.solidarityacrossborders.org\/en\/solidarity-city\/solidarity-city-declaration<\/wbr><\/wbr><\/a>. Contact\u00a0solidaritesansfrontieres@gmail.com<\/wbr><\/a>\u00a0to endorse the Solidarity City declaration.]<\/strong><\/p>\n

M\u00e9dias:
\n– (M\u00e9tro) Critiques contre l\u2019Agence des services frontaliers:\u00a0journalmetro.com\/actualites\/montreal\/349053\/critiques-contre-lagence-des-services-frontaliers\/<\/wbr><\/wbr><\/wbr><\/a>
\n– (Journal de Montreal) Une r\u00e9fugi\u00e9e arr\u00eat\u00e9e sur son lit d’h\u00f4pital: www.journaldemontreal.com\/2013\/07\/26\/une-refugiee-arretee-sur-son-lit-dhopita<\/a>
\n– (Montreal Gazette) Woman Faces Deportation Despite Heart Condition:\u00a0www.montrealgazette.com\/health\/Woman+faces+deportation+despite+heart+condition\/8714187\/story.html<\/a>
\n– (Toronto Star) Border officials slammed for arresting woman in hospital emergency room:\u00a0www.thestar.com\/news\/canada\/2013\/07\/26\/border_officials_slammed_for_arresting_woman_in_hospital_emergency_room.html<\/wbr><\/wbr><\/wbr><\/wbr><\/a>
\n– (CBC) Sick Pakistani refugee in Montreal fears deportation:\u00a0www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/montreal\/story\/2013\/07\/25\/montreal-lahore-pakistan-deportation-fear.html<\/wbr><\/wbr><\/wbr><\/a>
\n– (CTV) Activists denounce CBSA for visiting woman in hospital:\u00a0montreal.ctvnews.ca\/activists-denounce-cbsa-for-visiting-woman-in-hospital-1.1383693#ixzz2aAwJhFs8<\/wbr><\/wbr><\/wbr><\/a>
\n– (CJAD) Pakistani woman facing deportation after heart attack:\u00a0www.cjad.com\/CJADLocalNews\/entry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10571623<\/wbr><\/wbr><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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