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Vol. 7 Edition 14
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Federal funding for flood mitigation
CKHA reports another surplus
located to bring back the urology department. In a January story with The Fiscal responsibility ap- Chatham Voice, Jerome vice-prespears to be paying off for Quenneville, ident and the Chachief finantham-Kent “We need to have cial offiHealth Al- a healthy amount of cer for the liance, as o f f i c i a l s funds for capital equip- CKHA, said there is still say they ment purchases.” space at the will have a - Lori Marshall, CKHA CEO hospital $2-million surplus for the fiscal year dedicated for urology, but the equipment is dated. that just ended. Most of that money – $1.8 He added that $1.7 million million – will be reinvest- will be spent to upgrade ed into capital allocations, equipment, expand seraccording to Lori Marshal, vices and reintroduce the president and CEO of the surgical side of the department. alliance. Funds will also be uti“We need to have a healthy amount of funds lized to finance a personal for capital equipment pur- alarm system for hospital chases,” she said, adding staff, Marshall said, as well the $1.8 million will com- as a “significant update bine with an already allo- to the mental health unit. cated $1.7 million to fund That’s a unit we believe needs some updating.” such purchases. The remainder of the exMuch of that goes towards the general up- pected $2-million surplus, keep of the CKHA, she $200,000, will go into resaid, purchasing beds, IV serves, Marshall said. The 2017-18 fiscal year pumps and other equipsaw a budget surplus of ment as it wears out. Dollars are also being al- $2.2 million. By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com
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Marco Mendicino, Parliamentary Secretary to the François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, announces funding plans to help mitigate the impact of flooding in Chatham-Kent. With him are C-K Mayor Darrin Canniff and CAO Don Shropshire. See story on page 2.
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