Provincial Health Minister Ted Flemming met with the New Brunswick Medical Society over the weekend amid its criticism of him. The Medical Society accused him of attacking doctors and characterised the relationsip as not being a good one.
Flemming says he has a duty to look after taxpayer dollars and if the Auditor General Kim McPherson pinpoints a problem with double billing by some doctors, he has to investigate.
Flemming says 99.9 per cent of the doctors are honest, hardworking, decent people who are a tribute to the province. He says no one questioned McPherson’s integrity or alleged she didn’t know what she was talking about.
