Joint hospital talks set for March

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Published on Friday, January 23, 2015

By Eoin Devereux

The Neepawa Banner

Communities that’ll be impacted by the regional hospital at Franklin will receive an update this spring. Representatives with area councils have been invited by Prairie Mountain Health to attend a meeting scheduled for Mar. 12, at the Minnedosa Health Centre.

Neepawa mayor Adrian de Groot said this get together will be similar to one they attended in late December, that featured representatives from the Town of Minnedosa and R.M.s of Odanah-Minto and North Cypress-Langford. De Groot said this time it will include formal talks with Prairie Health and all the other municipalities that will be involved.

“It’ll be a larger audience,” said de Groot. “What it’s designed to do is to have the opportunity for all the communities that are a part of the memorandum of understanding, so really the heads of council, maybe their deputy mayors or administrators, will come together and get the details from Prairie Mountain Health, as to the current status.”

De Groot added that he’s pleased to see a date set for this discussion, as he has stated that it’s very important for all the newly formed councils to give the MOU a closer look to ensure it still meets the needs of the region. 

The original September 2010 Memorandum of Understanding on the proposal was signed by 11 municipalities, but was completed before the mandated amalgamation of R.M.s across the province.  The agreement was originally signed by Neepawa, Minnedosa, Langford, Rosedale, Lansdowne, Minto, Odanah, Glenella, Saskatchewan, Harrison, Erickson and Clanwilliam.