CVPH makes cuts to staffing and hours amid $6.5M deficit CVPH makes changes to their staffing and hours amid a multi-million dollar deficit and a decline in patients. Share Updated: 8:22 PM EST Mar 9, 2021 CVPH makes cuts to staffing and hours amid $6.5M deficit CVPH makes changes to their staffing and hours amid a multi-million dollar deficit and a decline in patients. Share Updated: 8:22 PM EST Mar 9, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript I'M BRIAN COLLERAN. AND I'M ALICE KANG. STEWART HAS THE NIGHT OFF. A NORTH COUNTRY HOSPITAL,,, MAKING CHANGES... AS THEY FACE A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT AND A LACK OF PATIENTS. NBC5'S BRANDON MENARD IS LIVE IN PLATTSBURGH WITH WHAT THE HOSPITAL IS DOING.... TO TRY AND GET BACK ON TRACK. BRANDON? BRIAN.... C-V-P-H OFFICIALS SAY THEY'RE FACING A 6-AND-A-HALF MILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT IN THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF THE 20-21 FISCAL YEAR. C-V-P-H PRESIDENT MICHELLE LEBEAU SAYS THEY'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THEIR FINANCIAL ISSUES THROUGH THINGS LIKE REDUCED HOURS, LAYOFFS, AND RETIREMENTS. THIS IS GOING RESULT IN THE REDUCTION OF 60 FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT EMPLOYEES LEBEAU SAYS THIS INCLUDES AROUND 10 PEOPL WHO HAVE BEEN LAID OFF OR HAD A PERMANENT REDUCTION IN HOURS. THERE'S ABOUT 12 PEOPLE WHO ARE PLANNING RETIREMENT. AND THEY WILL EITHER NOT REFILL THOSE POSITIONS OR NOT REFILL THEM RIGHT AWAY. NO PAY CUTS WILL BE HAPPENING AT THIS TIME. LEBEAU SAYS THEY'VE SEEN A DECREASE IN PATIENTS ACROSS THE BOARD --- SO IT'S TIME FOR A CHANGE. MICHELLE LEBEAU - PRESIDENT, CVPH - WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO EVOLVE AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING THE RIGHT KINDS OF CARE FOR THE FOLKS THAT LIVE IN OUR REGION AND THAT WE'LL PROVIDE IT FOR THEIR CHILDREN AND THEIR CHILDREN AFTER THAT. BUT WE DO NEED TO CHANGE. OUR WORLD IS CHANGING, OUR INDUSTRY IS CHANGING. THIS NEWS FROM C-V-P-H COMES AS THE HOSPITAL HAS EXPERIENCED A DECADE WORTH OF FINANCIAL STRUGGLES. LEBEAU SAYS THEY'RE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING THEIR PATIENTS WITH THE BEST POSSIBLE CARE AND THAT THE HOSPITAL ISN'T GOING ANYWHE