Mr. Chairman, first of all, with the additional funding for the specialists that's $2.5 million. That we would have to count as being direct patient care. In addition to that there are a number of other expenditures, on telehealth, for example. That would be direct patient care from the telehealth centres, $250,000. A nurse practitioner program, $277,000. Mental health workers, $276,000. The 1-800 call centre for this year, $431,000. In medical equipment, I'm not sure, I'm assuming that's probably a combination of things, but certainly a percentage of it would be for direct patient care, $1.7 million. Then there was another $800,000 that the department identified for each of the health boards and that was cleared specifically for direct patient health care. Mr. Chairman, I haven't totaled that up, but I believe that probably comes to somewhere in the neighbourhood of $5 million out of the request, or more.
Joe Handley on Bill 32: Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 2, 2003-2004
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Bill 32: Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 2, 2003-2004
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 7th, 2003
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