AHS eyeing small communities for cost-cutting measures
Posted May 30, 2013 6:38 am.
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Alberta Health Services is putting small town hospitals under the microscope, as they look for cost-cutting plans.
The medical authority is exploring possible bed closures and fewer surgeries this summer, hoping to save $220-million.
Chief Executive Chris Eagle tells The Calgary Herald, AHS is considering whether small, rural communities that already have trouble getting doctors, might benefit from community health clinics or family care centres instead.
Eagle says while they won’t be closing hospitals, they are trying to consider every option.
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