The Provincial Government’s announcement of extra
funding for the Northwest Local Health Integration Network
does nothing to help the Lake of the Woods District
Hospital.
C.E.O. Marc Balcaen says they already factored in the
2.4 percent increase in base funding, and 602-thousand
dollars in wait time strategy funding.
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The hospital is still facing a 500-thousand dollar
deficit in 2008-2009 and 900-thousand dollars in 2009-2010.
Balcaen notes the only new funding announced yesterady
was for Small Hospitals such as Dryden, Riverside Health
Care in Fort Frances, Sioux Lookout and Atikokan.
