$1.9 Million in Covid Supports for Local Hospital
March 4, 2022NIPISSING – Vic Fedeli, MPP for Nipissing announced that the Ontario government is investing $1,875,700 in COVID-19 related reimbursements to the North Bay Regional Health Centre for their Q2 of this fiscal year. This is in addition to the $1,806,134 in COVID-19 related reimbursements the Heath Centre received for their Q1 of this fiscal year, in January. Provincial funding will assist the hospital to continue their role as the frontline response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
“The North Bay Regional Health Centre has been on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic and our government is using every tool at our disposal to support them,” said Vic Fedeli, MPP for Nipissing. “We will continue to work with our Health Centre as we make Ontario stronger.”
Q2 Hospital funding March 4 2022
“Hospitals have incurred additional costs during the pandemic as we adapted to ensure we kept our most vulnerable patients safe. NBRHC is pleased to be the recipient of the funding announced today by Minister Fedeli to help stabilize our organization as we continue to provide an accessible and safe environment for our staff, patients and community,” says Michael Lowe, Interim Board Chair of the North Bay Regional Health Centre.
In March 2020, the Ontario government announced an additional investment of $571.9 million to reimburse hospitals for COVID-19 expenses incurred during the first wave of the pandemic. Since then, the government has continued to reimburse hospitals for various COVID-19 expenses, including those related to vaccine delivery, a range of health human resources initiatives, and minor capital costs to operationalize beds targeted for COVID-19 patients.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
- website to learn more about how the province continues to protect the people of Ontario from the virus.
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