Interim Federal Health Program: Philip Berger

Refugee Care Dept: Canadian Doctors for Refugee Care said Thursday that three months after cuts to the Interim Federal Health Program took effect, it is marred by confusion, unnecessary costs and compromised care, according to Montreal Gazette. The IFH Program is in disarray and being mismanaged and the health of all refugees is being placed at risk, said Dr. Philip Berger, chief of family and community medicine at St. Michael s Hospital in Toronto and tORONTO - Pregnant women and their babies are among those experiencing the worst fallout from Ottawa's decision to scale back funding for refugee health care, says a group of doctors protesting changes to the program. The physicians group has been documenting dozens of patient cases since the changes to the program were announced June 30, including that of a young female refugee claimant left pregnant after being used as a sex slave. The woman, 18 weeks' pregnant, has no IFH coverage for obstetrical care. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.