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Northern Health Authority seeks 20 million more funding for 2007-08

By 250 News

Thursday, March 22, 2007 03:26 PM

    
The Northern Health Authority has approved a submission to the provincial government for $552,845,000 dollars in funding for 2007-2008.
That figure is up $20,234,000 over the projected costs in 2006-2007.
The Northern Health authority approves the budget and then sends it along to the province for their approval.
Some of the costs that the NH is projecting for the coming year include General inflation of 2%,
Drug costs that are accepted to raise by 14%, Energy increases of 8% for natural gas, and 3% for electricity.
Surgery levels are expected to increase to just over 28,190 up from a forecast of 27,415 in 2006-07.
Northern Health says they will continue to provide 20% more acute beds that the provincial average. There are about 540 acute beds in hospitals across northern BC.

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Comment Posted by: Harbinger on March 22 2007 5:04 PM
I guess procuring more doctors and support staff to relocate to Prince George is not in the confines of Northern Health's mandate. What they are asking for is chump change compared to what it would cost to get get docs and specialists to work and live here. Maybe they can wait for a sale on a fleet of more buses. Have all the doctors in the province live and work in the Lower Mainland and the rest of the people in the province can commute. Good idea, eh?
Comment Posted by: Chester on March 22 2007 8:23 PM
No mention of actually spending money to improve the health of our citizens. I will continue to lobby our government to begin spending more money on education and things that promote better health. (and eliminate or reduce those things that are detrimental to our health)

Spending more money on our existing Health programs are not working and not the solution. So often we hear the definition of insanity. "Doing the more of the same thing and expecting different results". Chester