The McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) at the Glen site in Montreal is Canada’s most modern, but the Gazette reports it will close several operating rooms, shut rooms and it will have to restrict use of its top medical-imaging equipment. The problem is money.
The complex’s executive director Normand Rinfret is leaving the job and has complained about its difficult financial situation. The Gazette reports the MUHC will post a $40-million budget deficit for the fiscal year 2015-16.
Cancer patients have to wait
The so-called super hospital complex was built at a cost of $1.3 billion and it opened a little more than a year ago. Demand for services is high. The newspaper says nearly 300 cancer patients are waiting for surgery and more than 700 other patients face delays for their operations.
Most hospitals are funded by the provincial governments. In this case, the MUHC is funded by the government of the province of Quebec.
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