Why I ask is the fact that many of our hospitals -- at times their role seems to be diminished, and I look at the hospital in my constituency, there is a reluctance even to deliver a baby. The amount of referrals for women to have babies, and for such things as tonsillectomies or any minor medical procedure, are not even considered any more because the hospitals determine they should not perform these types of practices.
When you look at the fact that we spend $21 million a year, and we do not want to consider added funding for the hospitals to take care of anesthesia and operating procedures that could possibly be done in these centres instead of sending people out of the community all the time, in the long run, you could save a substantial amount of funding. That is my question to the Minister. I would like to ask him if he will consider looking at this particular suggestion, and report to the Assembly by the summer when we are going to discuss the budget in detail on this particular matter?