mutlti-million dollar deficite
...ing money by cuts in administration which is the first place they look. They will try to do everything they can to find non clinical savings such as reducing the vice presidents from seven to four, plus asking staff to cut down their sick leave because its very expensive to bring in temporary staff to replace them. Also other factors that will be looked at before service cuts are raising parking fees. In doing this the hospital has saved $9 million. The province has put in $4 million over and above what they planned which helped balance the budget for this fiscal year. This is the first time in three years that the budget was balanced because the province stepped in. Pickering/Ajax is a very quickly expanding community and needs to be dependent on an efficient and modern health care system. Problems with the health care in Canada is an on going issue debated from all sides and the Government has to find ways in funding an aging population. The question is what do we do with the aging population. Do you put a limit on the funding of health care, such as services changes, premiums, 2 tear or do we cut off people from going to the doctor and emergency for little things such as a cough or a cut finger. There are pros and cons to these suggestions. In my perspective to many people who go to the d...