Provincial funding shrinks Bluewater Health deficit projection

A projected 2026/27 deficit at Bluewater Health is down to $6 million, from $9.5 million, thanks to more provincial funding.But more is needed to get to balanced, hospital group president and CEO Paula Reaume-Zimmer said.“We’re going to have to continue to work with the (Health) Ministry and look at the funding model and our base funding,” she said.“Certainly the hospitals throughout Ontario, that’s the message that we’ve been sharing for the past couple of y