The provincial Health Department
releasing the letter sent to Dr. Marc Pelletier of the New Brunswick Heart
Centre at the Regional Hospital about the large infusion of provincial funding
which amounts to 4.5 million dollars.
2.3 million dollars will be used
to renovate the cardiac care unit and 2.2 million for the purchase of an
intervention suite at the heart centre.
In the letter, provincial Health
Minister Ted Flemming writes that for too long politics have influenced
decision-making in the health care system but now the decisions are being made
on the basis of what's best for patients.
He also claims 40 million dollars
of savings in healthcare this year alone.