Budget includes $1M for business case for Red Deer hospital expansion
The 2018 Alberta Budget does not include a new or expanded hospital for Red Deer. What it does include, though, is an important step forward.
The budget announced Thursday by Finance Minister Joe Ceci includes $1 million for “Red Deer Health Capital Planning.”
What that means, according to Dr. Kym Jim with the Society for Fair and Transparent Health Funding to Central Alberta, is funding for a much-needed business case for hospital expansion.
“We’re very pleased that Alberta Health Services and the government have listened to the needs of Central Albertans and have made plans to spend a million dollars over the next couple of years on a business case for Red Deer,” Jim says.