That's the case even though at the halfway point of the year, their books show a slight surplus of $400,000.
Chief Executive Officer Monique Vielfaure Mackenzie reminds us the board has approved hotspot funding and often it takes a few months for this to impact their budget. Keeping that in mind, Vielfaure Mackenzie says it is quite possible they will end the year with a $1 million deficit. Vielfaure Mackenzie says they continue to push the Doer Government for more funding. She reminds us South Eastman Health is at the bottom of the ladder in per capita funding. We receive two-thirds the provincial average and Vielfaure Mackenzie says if we were at the provincial average we could receive up to $3 million more per year.