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An independent investigator has been appointed by the Ontario Ministry of Health to look into the governance and management practices of Anson General Hospital.

Similarly, MPP John Vanthof (NDP -- Timiskaming- Cochrane) said he had been urging Ontario Health Minister Deb Matthews to launch an investigation "for quite a while on this issue. I'm encouraged that she has appointed a special investigator."

Two months ago, the NE LHIN announced it had hired the consulting firm KPMG to conduct an independent review of complaints received about Anson General Hospital.

IROQUOIS FALLS-- An independent investigator has been appointed by the Ontario Ministry of Health to look into the governance and management practices of Anson General Hospital.

This comes in the wake of recent departures by family physicians in Iroquois Falls, public demonstrations, calls for the removal of AGH's chief administrator (Bruce Peterkin) and a lawsuit launched against members of a citizens coalition that has been highly critical of the hospital's administration.

Jim Brown, a former Iroquois Falls mayor and one of the nine citizens named in the hospital lawsuit, was "absolutely thrilled" by the announcement, saying this is what he had been requesting the government do for months.

The hospital in Iroquois Falls has rescinded a contentious decision to amalgamate with the hospitals in Cochrane and Black River-Matheson.

The amalgamation was going to be voted on by those residents who are paid-up members of the hospital at an annual general meeting that was initially scheduled June 11. That meeting has now been moved to July 2.

Jim Brown, a former Iroquois Falls mayor who has been an outspoken critic of the hospital administration and the proposed amalgamation, noted the rescinding could simply be a temporary measure by the hospital board.