A Vernon charity could be getting a major boost. The Vernon and District Hospice Society made a presentation to the regional hospital district yesterday,requesting 300-thousand dollars for its 'Grow the Dream' campaign. Vernon director Patrick Nicol says it received a favourable reaction from the board,'So, in principal,for 2008 it is highly likely the 300-thousand dollars will go to the Vernon Hospice and there is also an opportunity that the province may add to that as well.'Also approved was borrowing 2.6 million dollars for a new C-T scanner for Vernon Jubilee Hospital.Nicol says,'At the moment this one (C-T Scanner) is able to take in effect 4 slices of pictures and this new one will be able to capture 64 images so it will be a much finer detail.Funding for the renovation to Shuswap Lake Hospital in Salmon Arm was also given the go ahead. Its a 20 million dollar project, with the region picking up 40 percent.That project is expected to be finished in November 2009.
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