Budget 2021: Revitalizing rural health facilities
A $50-million commitment from Alberta’s government will modernize and improve rural health facilities across the province to ensure all Albertans have access to top-quality health services.
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The Rural Health Facilities Revitalization Fund is supporting upgrades and renovation projects in Alberta Health Services’ hospitals and facilities, including emergency departments, sterilization and medical device reprocessing areas, pharmacies, EMS stations, ambulance garages and medical laboratories.
“Rural communities help make our province thrive and grow. This investment protects the lives and health of people living in these communities and also protects livelihoods by creating jobs as part of our multibillion-dollar Capital Plan to build Alberta and prepare it for recovery from COVID-19. Alberta’s government is committed
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Paulette Wagenvoort, the new acute and long-term care manager at the Vulcan Community Health Centre says she has “big shoes to fill” replacing her predecessor, Brenda Findlay.
“But I have a wonderful group of staff to work with,” the Champion resident said during a recent interview.
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She added she’s fortunate to have around patient care manager Lynne Rhodes, who Wagenvoort says has a “wealth of knowledge.”
Wagenvoort, originally from Claresholm, has been working in health care since she was in high school, when she did housekeeping at the Claresholm General Hospital. She then became health care aide in the late ’80s before taking her nursing training.