urge action Cardiologist in charge says patients being ‘abandoned’ in shift to St. Joe’s rehab program to support similar services and can no longer subsidize the costs of the • St. Joe’s rehab program pro- vides exercise and diet guidance on blackface cop photos CFI program.” for six months, while the fitness Hospital officials said they institute does so indefinitely, with Jonathan Sher clinic occupies, a former chapel, haven’t decided how to use the patients allowed to use exercise The London Free Press is needed to create more meeting space. “There has been no final equipment in the clinic. space for administrators. decision made about the use of • Staff at the rehab program offer Randy Richmond London’s largest hospital plans to “There’s too many administra- physical space at this time,” offi- stress tests for patients under its The London Free Press close its Cardiac Fitness Institute tors, way too many, so (they) really cials wrote. care, but after six months those over the objection of its cardiolo- do need (added) meeting space,” After March, patients who sur- tests can be ordered only by doc- The London police service needs gist and patients he claims total he said. vive heart attacks, have heart dis- tors independent of the pro- to move quickly and decisively on 1,400. Hospital brass declined inter- ease or who are recovering from gram. The fitness institute offers an incident involving an officer in “They are being abandoned by views Tuesday, but LHSC pub- valve or bypass surgery will be annual stress tests, which brings blackface, human rights advocates the hospital,” Dr. Larry Patrick told lished a statement on its website referred to a rehabilitation pro- in between $90,000 and $110,000 say. The Free Press Tuesday. from outgoing chief executive gram operated by St. Joseph’s from Ontario’s Health Ministry. That action should include an Without the ongoing support of Murray Glendining that lays out Health Care London. • St. Joe’s rehab program is immediate apology by the officer the institute, more patients will the case for closing the institute, Patrick said the cardiac rehabil- funded by the Health Ministry involved, and recognition by the deviate from the exercise, diet and which opened its doors in 1981. itation and secondary prevention but LHSC’s fitness institute is not police department the act was rac- screening that keeps them alive “Patient referrals to the Cardiac program at St. Joe’s has had wait and the hospital says it subsidizes ist, some say. and out of emergency rooms, he Fitness Institute (CFI) will end times as long as five months. about half of the $300,000 annual But the police force also should said. March 2018,” Glendining wrote. There are key differences cost, with donations covering the use the incident for education Patrick said he was told by a “These services do not fall under between the fitness institute and balance. rather than punishment, advo- London Health Sciences Centre the mandate of acute care hospi- the rehab program: cates say. administrator that the building the tals and LHSC receives no funding See heart | A5 “I do want to stress this should be seen not as an opportunity to con- hot start for boler demn, but an opportunity to edu- cate and enhance our collective understanding,” Anthony Morgan, a Toronto lawyer and specialist in human rights and race relations, said Tuesday. The officer involved “needs to make a statement and take a stand to acknowledge she now under- stands this is problematic,” said Barbara Perry, a professor at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology and a specialist in hate crimes. “I hope London police service sees this as a teaching moment.” London police already have made one misstep by saying they’re con- ducting an internal investigation into the context and intent behind the incident, said Mojdeh Cox, an anti-racism and human rights advocate formerly of London, now working in Ottawa. There’s no context or intent that can justify painting oneself in blackface, a method of ridicul- ing black people since the early 1900s, she said. “I think the police should come out and say this was racism,” Cox said. London police need to explain to the public exactly what they’re doing to address the incident and racism in the force, Cox added. “The question is, does this act of the employee reflect the values of the employer?” Police services across Canada, including London, are making efforts to understand and train officers in diversity, Perry said. “This certainly takes them Mike Hensen/The London Free Press (London police) a step back.” lfpress.com: Watch the cold Reid Hensen’s ski goggles reflect the hill and lift at Boler Mountain Tuesday in London. Despite sub-zero conditions, weather fun at lfpress.com/videos Boler has had a banner start to the season with a new $6.1 million chalet. For details, see Page A2. See blackface | A5
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