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Regional Healthcare Project Overview When prompted, 27 percent of firms surveyed chose health care facilities as a positive factor attractive to new and existing business. Three of the six small groups at the Action Swift Current panel review meeting selected the creation of a regional health care facility as a priority area for the Leadership Team. Some of the implications identified if a new health care facility was not created were: losing health care professionals from the community, losing senior population to regional centres with more modern facilities, migration of clients to other regional centres, and ultimately some interruption of health care service. Established entities are working in the community to make a new regional health care centre a reality. Action Swift Current will be working with these entities. The short-term goals for this project were:
The long-term goals for this project are:
The expected outcome of this project is the development of sustainable, quality healthcare services to help ensure that the community of Swift Current achieves growth and prosperity. Progress to Date The new $35 million dollar health care facility will have an extremely important influence on the future of southwest Saskatchewan. Construction is set to begin in February 2005 with completion in the spring of 2006. The province will provide 65% of the funding while the city and surrounding area will contribute the other 35%. The cost of construction is $30 million; equipment costs are expected to be approximately $5 million.The following are press releases: |
