New funding for WWLHIN
Posted Nov 8, 2012 03:14:09 PM.
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Cardiac care in the Waterloo-Wellington Local Health Integration Network is getting a funding boost.
St. Mary’s Hospital will receive just over $2.3 million to allow the hospital to provide patients with potentially lethal heart rhythms with Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators.
“It’s a tremendous thing here for patients in Waterloo-Wellington, prior to this, they had to travel to London, Hamilton, or Toronto for the implants. It’s a great news day for Waterloo-Wellington,” said Don Shilton, President of St. Mary’s General Hospital.
Shilton said the hospital is also receiving close to $1 million for other heart surgeries like pace-maker implants and angioplasties.
