New info has surfaced concerning the province appointing a supervisor to supervise Renfrew Victoria Hospital (RVH).
A group group of involved residents are claiming to be those who discovered monetary irregularities inside the hospital, sparking an investigation by the Ministry of Well being and Ontario Well being.
The group — wishing to stay nameless — supplied Ontario Chronicle Ottawa with paperwork on Friday that allege tens of millions of {dollars} have been transferred from RVH to Renfrew Well being, which is a separate entity run out of the hospital. An excerpt of minutes from a 2021 board of administrators assembly reveals the hospital’s intent to switch massive sums of cash from its finances surplus to Renfrew Well being.
The group alleges that $6.59 million {dollars} was transferred between 2019 and 2022. Once they approached Ontario Well being with their findings, they are saying the doc was scrubbed from the RVH web site.
“It was reported by RVH that for the 2021 fiscal 12 months $1,760,000 was transferred to Renfrew Well being,” the group wrote in correspondence with Ontario Chronicle.
Ontario Chronicle has not been in a position to confirm the declare. On Friday, the hospital web site’s “Board Minutes” part was clean.
After repeated calls to Ontario Well being, the group says it took a letter containing severe allegations of monetary mismanagement to get the investigation launched.
“One might conclude the funds have been spent partially or wholly on further remuneration to Hospital administration or workers to understate quantities included on the Ontario Sunshine record,” the letter reads partially.
The Ministry of well being introduced a supervisor to take over hospital operations on Thursday after discovering what they’re calling “regarding monetary practices.” On Friday, the ministry, whereas they may not go into element over the investigations at RVH, advised Ontario Chronicle it’s a “very severe state of affairs.”
Ontario Chronicle reached out to RVH concerning allocation of funds transferred to Renfrew Well being, however they declined to remark.
