Thursday, November 22, 2012

3.7 Million Dollars In Health Care Funding

The local health agency is delivering 3.7 million dollars to a variety of programs aimed at helping seniors, addicts and people living with chronic conditions.  St. Joseph's Care Group will be using 500 thousand dollars to provide a drug outreach program for pregnant and parenting moms in Thunder Bay, Kenora and Sioux Lookout.  Spokesperson Nancy Black says it's a unique program for Northern women age 16 to 24.  The Region's Brain Injury Service will be using money to bring two people living with physical disabilities out of the hospital and into the community.