Jena Smith

Rural Family Doc. Dancer. Dog lover. Prairie girl at heart. People over profits!!

[Samwise @SamanthaMyhr]

"The goodwill part of family medicine...doesn't cover the overhead...it's just free labour. The system in Alberta is starting to bankrupt that goodwill."

Please help stop the exodus of family doctors.
#abhealth #ableg #abpoli
@Alberta_UCP @albertaNDP

https://t.co/QgNCmvzSVI

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

Criticizing is fast and easy. Creating is slow and difficult.

The two hours you spent on a book or movie usually took two years to produce.

Anyone can tear down someone else's work. The true test of insight is whether you can help them improve it or build something of your own.

[Jena Smith @DocJGina]

Doubt it. His ego is too large and his ability to feel empathy too small.

[Padraic McCombe 🇨🇦 @patmccombe]

Will @jkenney have the gonads to do the right thing and follow Quebec's lead? #abpoli

[Dr. K.U. @DrKU14]

Our rural ER was just notified that Red Deer cannot accept any Covid pt for ICU. They've officially reached their max. All pt will be sent to Edmonton or Calgary. Our nightmare is happening.

[Katie O’Byrne @KatuniaOB]

Dear Urban HCWs,

As people get sicker with delta, and rural sites are forced to perform procedures that are just at the tip of our capabilities, please be kind if you see what looks to you like shoddy workmanship from a rural site. 🧵/1 #NurseTwitter #AbLeg

[Dr. Glaucomflecken @DGlaucomflecken]

What a difference a year makes

[Jena Smith @DocJGina]

Finally

[Padraic McCombe 🇨🇦 @patmccombe]

This should fill the enormous vacuum created by @CMOH_Alberta, @shandro and @jkenney abdicating their responsibilities.

[John MD @John1MD]

Alberta News today: Premier @jkenney asks nurses, after years of stagnant wages and 18 months pandemic, to give up their next two weeks of wages and 3% cut. In other news, Premier Jason Kenney gives 6 of his loyal MLAs $5000/month raises for exemplary service in #alohagate

[Jena Smith @DocJGina]

@Bjwrz @TELUSHealth @shandro This app isn’t about good health care. It’s about introducing FOR PROFIT care. That profit comes from tax payers of this province and goes to the companies supporting the #UCP with @shandro and @jkenney leading the charge to #AmericanStyle healthcare in AB

[Jena Smith @DocJGina]

@alanna_bowie Right?
More spin from the guy who said doctors (and nurses) aren’t leaving Alberta and then tried to make it harder to leave. 🤦‍♀️

[Wing Kar Li, PhD @wingkarli]

98% of AB doctors surveyed have no confidence in @shandro

99% of AB teacher delegates have no confidence in @AdrianaLaGrange

#overwhelmingMandates
#abed #abhealth #ableg

[Dr. K.U. @DrKU14]

Hey @shandro and @jkenney , curious why there are 20 unmatched family residency training positions in AB this year? Perhaps it's because you've created an environment of toxicity towards physicians in your plan to privatize health care? Fam docs are going elsewhere. @Alberta_UCP

[Dr. Fiona Mattatall 🪩🇨🇦 @FionaMattatall]

Not only a great thread with solid medical information...
But the doctor’s gif game is on fire 🤯
#COVID19AB #vaccine

[Jena Smith @DocJGina]

@Doc_Klassen @FuzzySdb So sorry to hear this Michelle. I imagine this was a very difficult choice, and I hope it works out for you both.
Sad for Albertans who are losing more great doctors and don’t seem to realize that the #UCP is systematically destroying public health care.
Wish you the best!

[Support Our Students @SOSAlberta]

IMPORTANT THREAD - CALL TO
ACTION 📣🍎📣🍎📣🍎

Let Kenney know: We reject the curriculum draft!

Now is the time for all Albertans to band together to let Premier Kenney and Minister LaGrange know that their proposed curriculum simply cannot stand.

#Abed #ableg 1/x

[Jena Smith @DocJGina]

Great question Dr. Dunne!!

This looks good on paper, but we are losing rural doctors now. FIVE are leaving my small town next month due to #UCP’s choice to exclude doctors from healthcare decisions.
What are you doing to correct the damage done since were elected @shandro ?

[Jena Smith @DocJGina]

Canada’s other health ministers quickly adapted to virtual care to protect patients. In AB the #UCP used CoVID as a 🔪 against primary care & a tool to privatize health care. It’s been a year and nothing has changed. PATIENTS LOSE. Actions speak louder than words. #Truth 👇

[Jena Smith @DocJGina]

@susanjeanreid And now ...