Mayor doesn’t see Sask Hospital request coming to council in 2016
North Battleford city council won’t entertain a $4 million dollar request from Saskatchewan Hospital, yet.
David Fan Chief Executive Officer of Prairie North Health Region requested the money for furnishing and equipment. The region would like North Battleford, the R.M. of North Battleford, Battleford and Battle River to contribute funds.
“I have had conversations with Mr. Fan before so I wasn’t surprised by the request,” North Battleford Mayor Ian Hamilton said. “I was surprised by the amount of the request. We had never talked about how much he would be asking for.”
The cost for building and maintaining the hospital for 30 years will cost $407 million which is 100 per cent funded by the government. However, Saskatchewan Hospital has to raise $8 million total for furnishing and equipment.