Georgian Bay General Hospital is set to receive $242,000 in funding for surge beds.
The funding will be given to the hospital by the Provincial government to use towards four surge beds for a four-month period in order to reduce the strain on the health care system during this year’s flu season.
MPP Jill Dunlop says she understands the health care system is facing significant capacity challenges which is contributing to the use of unconventional spaces for patient care.
She says it is important that patients are able to access quality, safe care and with this additional surge bed funding, the government is showing their commitment to improve capacity
