Ontario helps 73 hospitals to balance budgets, may still have to cut staff.TORONTO Toronto (tərŏn`tō), city (1998 est pop. 2,400,000), provincial capital, S Ont., Canada, on Lake Ontario. Toronto is the largest city in Canada and since the 1970s has been one of the fastest-changing cities in North America, experiencing -- Ontario Ontario, city, United States Ontario, city (1990 pop. 133,179), San Bernardino co., S Calif., near Los Angeles, in a region of vineyards; inc. 1891. Minister of Health and Long-Term Care long-term care (LTC), n the provision of medical, social, and personal care services on a recurring or continuing basis to persons with chronic physical or mental disorders. George Smitherman George Smitherman MPP (born 1964) is a Canadian politician, who represents the provincial riding of Toronto Centre in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. He is notable for being the first openly gay Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) elected in Ontario, and the first openly announced a $200 million one-time transitional fund to enable 73 hospitals to balance their budgets by March 31st, 2006. Hospital and nursing leaders claim that this is not enough and that the hospitals will have to lay off 9,000 staff, mostly nurses. "We asked our hospitals to do a lot of hard work and make tough decisions," said Minister Smitherman. "Hospitals will have to continue to find ways to save costs." The $200 million one-time transition fund includes: * $91 million to cover severance The act of dividing, or the state of being divided. The term severance has unique meanings in different branches of the law. Courts use the term in both civil and criminal litigation in two ways: first, when dividing a lawsuit into two or more parts, and second, when costs; * $65 million to reward hospitals who have financial difficulties but are working to become more efficient; * $5 million to reward balanced hospitals, including the most efficient "pacesetter" hospitals; * a $20 million bridge funding to assist hospitals that need significant assistance to bring their budgets under control; * $19 million for small rural hospitals that have small operating bases and difficulty integrating services with other providers because of their isolation. |
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