Budget and Fiscal Plan: the main
budget document; it lays out the Province’s three-year fiscal plan,
including economic outlook, revenues, spending, tax measures, and
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Don QuixoteNote: Don't know if this $24 million in the Spring of 2012 is for Vernon Jubilee or Kelowna General for completion OR it may be enough to fund one Floor of the shelled in floors at Vernon Jubilee???
Found this entry from (above) from May 3 2011 Budget so it appears that the money in this item is the same as in 2012 budget so it is unlikely it is for any additional beds in the shelled in flloors at Vernon Jubilee. http://www.bcbudget.gov.bc.ca/2011/bfp/2011_Budget_Fiscal_Plan.pdf
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| Please Christy We need those beds. |
Overcrowding continues at Vernon Jubilee Hospital, but it’s unknown if there’s any provincial cash to alleviate conditions. Finance Minister Kevin Falcon released B.C.’s new
budget Tuesday and while there is increased funding for the overall
health care system, there was no particular reference to more acute care
beds at VJH. “The hospital hit the 193 in-patient mark Tuesday, one
over the old record of 192,” said Dr. Michael Concannon, an emergency
room physician. “It’s kind of ironic that VJH hit this record on budget day.” Physicians, nurses and the public have been lobbying
for the upper two floors in the Polson tower to be completed to ease
congestion. Until that occurs, Concannon says patients will continue to be placed in halls and surgeries will be cancelled. Eric Foster, Vernon-Monashee MLA, says while there was
no specific mention of VJH in the budget, he believes there could be
money directed towards acute care beds. “I’m optimistic. There’s a fairly large capital funding envelope for health care, eduction and transportation,” he said. Foster’s next step will be to meet with Health Minister Michael de Jong to discuss VJH’s needs further. “If there was no money, I suggest I would have heard that already,” he said. Foster wasn’t surprised that the province’s financial plan didn’t highlight VJH. “Generally there aren’t specific projects mentioned in a budget.”
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