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Amalgamation of Healthcare Regions

Res #: 29-17A
Number: 29
Year: 2017
Midterm: No
Expired: No
Responses Received: No
Departments: Saskatchewan Ministry of Health

WHEREAS the government has decided to reduce excessive administration costs by amalgamating 10 health districts into one;

BE IT RESOLVED that SARM lobby the Provincial Government to ensure that local health care facilities and rural ratepayers benefit from this amalgamation; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the numbers of surgeries carried out locally are increased where possible; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that money raised locally stays in the area that it was raised in to continue to improve local healthcare.

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