(Health Minister Mary Schryer)
(File Photo)
The end of the road is near for the first Hospice in Atlantic Canada on the West Side.
A memorandum of understanding has been signed which locks in Provincial funding of just over half a million dollars this year and $730,000 every year following.
Health Minister Mary Schryer tells CHSJ News, this new set-up will not take away the number of palliative care beds at the Regional.
The hospice known as Bobby’s House, will offer 24-hour professional medical care in a comfortable, home-like setting.
It is expected up to 150 patients will receive end-of-life care at the 10-bed facility each year which is scheduled to open October.15th.
Total cost of the renovations is two million dollars.
