N.L.'s health minister suggests residents 'sue the government' if medical transport delays in northern Labrador persist
Posted on: Apr 29, 2026 20:29 IST | Posted by: Cbc
Lela herbert mclean evans says she put up’t take beingness newfoundland dog and Labrador's health minister if things don't change — and suggested people sue her and her government over medical transport delays in Northern Labrador.
“I can’t accept being the ... Minister of health while my people continue to be treated like this," Evans said Wednesday morning.
People on Labrador's north coast have faced delays getting to and from medical appointments in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Evans says. The minister said there were recently 94 passengers unable to get home, in addition to patients trying to get out.
Evans called the delays insulting, upsetting and unacceptable. The transport provider told her patient treatment "bordered on racism," Evans said.
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The minister said she will be addressing these issues, but also suggested people take legal action against her own government.
"If it continues to go on, I would suggest that people in northern Labrador try to find a lawyer and actually have a class-action lawsuit for the failures and sue me, the minister of health," said Evans.
"Sue the government."
Evans says when she became health minister, she was shocked to see that medical evacuation services for coastal Labrador had been reduced under the previous Liberal government.
She had high hopes for Medavie Health N.L. However, she's seen "erosion of service" since Medavie was contracted, and since consolidating the health authorities under N.L. Health Services.
Evans said "drastic measures" are needed if delays continue.
"What’s the point of even [having] the provincial government manage the health-care system for Northern Labrador?" said Evans. She noted travel delays affect whether people seek treatment in the first place.
Evans talked about bypassing the provincial government, and reaching out to the federal government directly for supports.
Northern Labrador is treated like a "third-world country," she said.
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