A court document alleges that doctors controlling a special provincial fund designed to maintain emergency room service at Flin Flon Hospital paid two of their own very high fees. While, other physicians worked for less than scale.

This situation has prompted the hospital's chief of staff to complain to the Manitoba College of Physicians and Surgeons that a "well-intended" government policy was creating an "ongoing acrimonious situation" dominated by "ruthless, manipulative greed".

The northern hospital's ER staffed paid the doctors $6,200 for a 24-hour shift.

According to a letter written by Dr. Stanley Miller, it was revealed that two doctors in particular were paid "very large sums" while "some others were paid even less than the fees provided by Manitoba Health."

Miller’s letter was included in the affidavit filed in Court of Queen's Bench last fall in a lawsuit between the Nor-Man Regional Health Authority and a doctor who was fighting a loss of hospital privileges in Flin Flon.

Miller also wrote that, "One disaffected doctor who protested perceived injustices was relentlessly bullied".

In the year 2007, the province had created a program in which family doctors could band together to ensure ERs remained open on an ongoing basis. The government funds were managed by local doctors to staff the ERs.