The 10 independent board members, claim they cannot function effectively with a health minister who threatens trusteeship and refuses to speak to them directly.

The departures of more than half of the 19 McGill University Health Centre board members, follows a wave of public criticisms Barrette levelled at the MUHC’s competence for its chronic failure to balance its budget.

The abrupt move leaves the MUHC rudderless. It has been without a permanent executive director since last September when Normand Rinfret retired. Martine Alfonso, who once headed the Montreal Children’s Hospital, is serving as interim director.

Source Montreal Gazette