Since Premier Blaine Higgs first touted $300 ‘affordability payments’ in January, it’s been revealed that citizens must apply for the money and retirees are excluded.
Vitalite Health Network’s CEO agrees private agency nursing contracts should be questioned, but says they were a necessary measure that has saved lives.
The severe staffing shortage that prompted Vitalité Health Network to pay a private agency about $158 million to hire out-of-province nurses in 2022 is just as bad now as it was then, according to the CEO.