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jfc io- economist siwimunebeglonasltssues i saturday oct 28 2000 1 i 5 a 3 3 bydawnliersch staff writer york region hospitals are hoping to balance their budgets thanks to a major financial boost from the province designed to address the rising costs of- provinces hospitals patient care health and longterm care minister elizabeth witrner announced friday more than 471 million in new funding the most money ever invested in the yorkcentral hospital in richmond hill received the lions share of funding for york region its share of 1 1 6 million represents about 212 per cent of the total allocation and will go toward reducing the hospitals projected 17- sears travel presents o money ilow n no inicresi no payments until on return sunquest htigua royal antiguan beach tennis resort 7 nights use your sears card you get a great reward program you get the rr sears travel commitment you get free passport photos you get the lowest priceguarantee 3 months of complimentary hot line credit card 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patient volume staff wage settlements and inflation were delighted this covers the communitys needs this year said hos pital president dr jim maclean meanwhile york central president frank lussing said the move was a step toward more equitable funding for hos- pitals until nowj york central was receiving less funding than other ontario hospitals oh a percase basis operating as the third lowest cost hospi- tal in the province in addition rapid growth has caused expenditures to increase by about 30 per cent this year largely due to york centrals new continuing care centre lussing said in fact the hospital is expecting to hire about 500 more staff- this year to address growth and the increasing com plexity of patient care up until now 97 per centof ontario hospitals were getting more money than us on a percase basis and thats unac ceptable weve been asking the province to provide us with more sup port andit looks likethe ministry has now said we agree with you i con sider this a very healthy share he said this will allow us to worry less about the budget and to concentrate on patient care although york centrals deficit has not been eradicated the province has hinted more funding will be announced for areas such as dialysis and cardiac care in upcoming weeks york central operates the regions dialysis unit southlake regional health centre is also hoping more money is still tocome its share of the funding 52 mil lion doesnt even cover half of its 13 million operating deficit thejiospitals total deficit is 21 million including its cardiac care centre its a good start but i dont think its the end of what we can expect weve already spent that money if we dont get more money well be infor a major deficit the bottom line is our staff need- this relief said- southlake president darfcarriere with our high growth and aging population were the type of hospital that should be receiving more money were ranked as thesixthmost efficient hospital out of 111 hospitals the gov- 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