Thank you, Mr. Chairman. When we renegotiated the contract the price structure changed significantly to reflect the type of patients that were being treated from the Northwest Territories. Typically they were patients requiring higher care and the cost to treat them and maintain them was much higher than the average bed rate that we were paying at the time, which was approximately $930. Now we're paying a differential rate depending on whether it's ICU or other wards and so on. So rates ranged from anywhere from $1,000 to $1,700 a day depending on what patient need is. Over the intervening period, the actual number of patients staying on an in-patient basis at the Capital Health Authority have gone down. What has gone on is the price has gone up significantly. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Mr. St. Germaine on Revert To Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on March 23rd, 2004. See this statement in context.
Revert To Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Revert To Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
March 23rd, 2004
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