The Ontario government is giving $9.4 million to Niagara area hospitals.
The announcement made today that the Niagara and Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant LHIN Hospitals will get the boost from the 2017 Ontario Budget.
The funding is intended to reduce wait times and expand services.
The Niagara Health System will be receiving an additional $7,787,993 to their $379,482,730 total opening base funding for 2017/18.
Hotel Dieu Shaver Health and Rehabilitation Centre will be receiving an additional $493,200 to their $24,659,254 total opening base funding for 2017/18.
This investment in the Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant LHIN is part of a 3.1 per cent increase in hospital funding proposed in the 2017 Budget to directly benefit patients at every public hospital across Ontario.