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Mauxie, a 10-week-old Australian shepherd pup, enjoys a recent sunny day by the water in Erie Beach, with seemingly not a care in the world. But that same day, Mauxie learned how wind and waves work. It turns out he loves the water, despite the initial surprise.
CKHA budget gets $1.73M boost
By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com
Hard work pays off, according to the head of the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance. Lori Marshall, president and CEO of CKHA, said the alliance teamed up with other medium-sized hospitals across the province to lobby the government to update its funding model for hospitals. The Ontario government announced last week it was increasing funding
levels for these hospitals care,” she said. “Funding by 1.5 per cent. For the formulas in past years CKHA, that translates to have not favoured median additional $1.73 mil- um-sized hospitals. We lion annuare not able ally. “You still have to have to create the M a r s h a l l the lights on and a economies said the old of scale that f u n d i n g certain amount of base many largmodel was staff, and have to be er hospitals broken. able to provide the ser- can do.” “Previous vices to the community Marshall funding said ref o r m u l a e when they need them.” g a r d l e s s - CKHA’s Lori Marshall have really of patient much more volumes, a favoured hospitals that hospital has fixed costs it provide high volume of has to address.
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unit. That would provide more care with partnerships out in the community rather than in hospitals.” Marshall said the added funds also give the alliance better flexibility to address funding for seasonal surging – where spikes in illnesses such as the flu lead to an increase in hospital visits and bed usage. The alliance counters by temporarily hiring additional health-care personnel. Continued on page 2
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