September 08, 2010
Royal Victoria Hospital in Barrie has finalized its improvement plan in hopes of balancing the budget by March 31st, 2012 while maintaining quality patient care. There are 22 initiatives, some of which have already been implemented. Others, such as reductions in overtime and sick time, reductions in length of stay where appropriate and asking that patients bring their own medication in some cases, will be implemented in the coming months. RVH ended the last fiscal year with a 3-million dollar deficit and it's anticipating expenses to climb three per cent this year. Government funding may cover half of that.