If the Liberal government was re-elected, the health minister, Yves Bolduc, has pledged to adjust upward the Center's budget for health and social services Papineau (CSSSP) a year to better meet the needs growing population which increases each year.
"It (the CSSSP) I will submit a plan of the resources needed to meet the real needs of the population, and within a year, we will be able to rebalance services. Regarding the development of services, we will adjust the budget as they develop over the next four years, "said Bolduc Minister, during his visit to CLSC de la Petite-Nation.
The CSSSP has often criticized the underfunding. Its budget per capita for services is $ 813 while the average for the region is $ 959. It calculates a shortfall of $ 8.8 million.
The minister also authorized the funding needed to recruit a second new doctor who wants to join the medical team of Petite-Nation, in September 2009. "We must foster rural areas because it is more difficult to recruit. That is what I call positive discrimination, "said Bolduc.
These additions will allow medical staff to have enough doctors to open the emergency stabilization of Saint-Andre-Avellin seven days a week (instead of six), from next autumn, and extend its hours 'opening.
Bolduc The minister pledged to add 11 new beds for long-term care to the 55 already in the proposed expansion of the reception center of Buckingham sector, starting in 2010. The new wing will repatriate bed long-term care, which are currently in hospital in Papineau.
The president of CSSSP, Lucie Lalonde, welcomes the commitments of the minister. "Our requests were listened to, heard and understood. Work is now in our camp and attitude is very positive, "she said.
"It (the CSSSP) I will submit a plan of the resources needed to meet the real needs of the population, and within a year, we will be able to rebalance services. Regarding the development of services, we will adjust the budget as they develop over the next four years, "said Bolduc Minister, during his visit to CLSC de la Petite-Nation.
The CSSSP has often criticized the underfunding. Its budget per capita for services is $ 813 while the average for the region is $ 959. It calculates a shortfall of $ 8.8 million.
The minister also authorized the funding needed to recruit a second new doctor who wants to join the medical team of Petite-Nation, in September 2009. "We must foster rural areas because it is more difficult to recruit. That is what I call positive discrimination, "said Bolduc.
These additions will allow medical staff to have enough doctors to open the emergency stabilization of Saint-Andre-Avellin seven days a week (instead of six), from next autumn, and extend its hours 'opening.
Bolduc The minister pledged to add 11 new beds for long-term care to the 55 already in the proposed expansion of the reception center of Buckingham sector, starting in 2010. The new wing will repatriate bed long-term care, which are currently in hospital in Papineau.
The president of CSSSP, Lucie Lalonde, welcomes the commitments of the minister. "Our requests were listened to, heard and understood. Work is now in our camp and attitude is very positive, "she said.
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