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Ontario Providing More Support for Hospital Care in Orillia and Midland

Oct 21, 2019

SIMCOE NORTH — Ontario is taking further action to end hallway health care by making increased investments in the province’s hospitals. Today, Jill Dunlop, MPP for Simcoe North, announced over $3 million in additional funding for hospitals in her riding:

Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital – $1.81 million increase
Georgian Bay General Hospital – $1.27 million increase

“Our government is supporting local hospitals by ensuring they have the resources they need to meet the growing needs of our community,” said Dunlop. “This new investment to Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital and Georgian Bay General Hospital, is another example of how Ontario is supporting high- quality and timely access to health care, while delivering on our commitment to end hallway health care.”

“We’re very grateful to MPP Dunlop and the Ministry of Health for today’s announcement and recognition of the challenges that the current funding formula has on medium size hospitals such as ours,” said Carmine Stumpo, OSMH President and CEO. “The additional funding is a positive step in the right direction toward equitable hospital funding across Ontario.”

Across Ontario, the government is investing an additional $68 million to support small- and medium- sized hospitals. This new investment is on top of the $384 million more that Ontario’s hospitals received this year as part of the province’s 2019 budget.

This investment will:

Help ensure that families in Orillia and Midland continue to have access to high-quality care;
Help put an end to hallway health care;
Address sector challenges and previous funding model inequities;
Promote the sustainability of hospital operations; and
Protect existing core services in communities across the

“Ontario has a comprehensive plan to end hallway health care,” said Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health. “Working with our hospital partners, we are fixing long-standing issues with how hospitals are funded that disadvantaged small- and medium-sized hospitals. We have listened to patients, frontline staff and key stakeholders to determine how we can fix historical inequities to provide financial stability and relief to hospitals, regardless of their size.”

This funding includes a province-wide increase in funding of one per cent for 66 small-sized hospitals,

per cent for 23 medium-sized and multi-site hospitals and targeted funding to assist with unique situations and historical funding

Quick facts:

Ontario will invest $27 billion over the next 10 years in hospital infrastructure projects across Ontario, including adding 3,000 new hospital

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