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QHC predicts balanced budgets for this year
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QHC predicts balanced budgets for this year
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Quinte Health Care ended the last fiscal year with a small surplus and officials are now predicting balanced operating and capital budgets for the current year.
Treasurer John Kearns delivered upbeat reports during Tuesday’s online board meeting.
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“The bottom line is that with one-time funding we are going forward with a balanced operating plan for the coming year,” said Kearns, who chairs the board’s audit and resources committee.
Board members voted unanimously to adopt the 2021-2022 fiscal year’s operating and capital plans. The operating budget totals $254 million, the capital one $10.7 million.
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health has announced another COVID-19 related death.
There have now been a total of nine people who have died since the start of the pandemic.
Public Health is reporting 14 new cases of the virus today, and 8 more recoveries. Between the two counties, that brings the total number of active cases to 79.
Nine of the new cases announced today are close contacts, while the other five are listed as pending.
The outbreak at a congregated living facility in Belleville, where two cases have been linked, has now been declared over. That leaves the region with a total of three active outbreaks.
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The effects of the coronavirus pandemic’s third wave upon Quinte Health Care hospitals have yet to peak, with three recent patient deaths from the virus, three staff infections and the pressure increasing.
But senior officials said Tuesday the hospitals are, within available resources, prepared for what’s likely to be further pressure during the next two weeks.
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President and chief executive officer Stacey Daub and chief of staff Dr. Colin MacPherson briefed media Tuesday afternoon during an online news conference.
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