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Grande Prairie City Council adopted a new list of advocacy priorities at Monday afternoon’s council meeting.
One item on the advocacy list is the new hospital, Interim Mayor Jackie Clayton hopeing Alberta Health Services will have the facility fully operational by the fall.
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“Having that hospital fully staffed is a huge economic driver, and we (city council) encourage Alberta Health Services to continue to utilize and continue to work towards filling that hospital and utilizing it to its full potential,” Clayton said. “The transition with existing staff is great, but we do want to see the facility utilized to its maximum capacity and therefore bring more people to the region.”
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The injection of capital for Maskwa Medical Centre received two jabs in the proverbial arm.
The City of Grande Prairie approved $50,000 funding from the Economic Development Operating Budget at a special council meeting last Wednesday, while the County of Grande Prairie OK’d $25,000 the day before.
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Maskwa received the funding, enabling them to build a sustainable business plan for the province in constructing a diagnostic centre in Grande Prairie.
“Council approved the funding in the amount of $50,000 from the Economic Development Operating Budget for the Maskwa Medical Centre business case,” interim Mayor Jackie Clayton said, “When (organizers) provided the background information, council was very excited and are looking forward to receiving the business case back and are optimistic that it will
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