The request comes just days after Ottawa laid out its offer to provinces and territories on federal funding of health care
TORONTO — A group of Ontario children's hospitals and health organizations have asked the province for $371 million in the upcoming budget to fix pediatric care, saying the funds are desperately needed to tackle surgical, clinical and diagnostic wait-lists.
The Children's Health Coalition, a collective of pediatric health organizations that include Ontario's four major kids' hospitals, are asking Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy for $371.5 million for the upcoming year. The hospital receives about 45,000 referrals a year, but only has the capacity to handle 35,000 referrals annually, a problem that predates the pandemic.
About a decade ago, the hospital wanted to digitize its clinical files. So it took out a $26-million loan and deferred buying clinical equipment and capital projects to do so. It also created a program to simplify access to a complex mental health system in the region."We are 4,500 people here coming up with new, innovative ways to make sure kids get the care they need, we just need the resources.
Children are waiting twice as long for surgical procedures compared to similar ones for adults, Cohn said.
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