The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have launched an investigation into the Renfrew Victoria Hospital, the Renfrew, Ont. hospital taken over by the province final June.
A spokesperson for the OPP tells Ontario Chronicle Ottawa the OPP Anti-Rackets Department has an “energetic investigation” associated to Renfrew Victoria Hospital, however offered no different data.
“With a view to shield the integrity of the continued investigation, additional data is not going to be offered at the moment,” the spokesperson stated.
In June, the Ministry of Well being appointed Altaf Stationwala to oversee the hospital, “to strengthen its governance, accountability, and talent to ship the absolute best care to Ontarians.”
“Mr. Stationwala will work intently with Renfrew Victoria Hospital’s CEO, the board of administrators, and workers to handle considerations concerning hospital governance and administration practices, together with regarding monetary practices that have been discovered because of a evaluate performed by Ontario Well being and an unbiased third get together,” stated a press release from the ministry.
A supply instructed Ontario Chronicle Ottawa in June that transactions between the Renfrew Victoria Hospital and a non-profit group known as Renfrew Well being raised considerations, resulting in the evaluate.
Renfrew Well being was created in 2014, “for the only function of benefitting RVH,” stated a public doc concerning the group.
The Renfrew Victoria Hospital has 55 beds. The power affords surgical, medical and complicated persevering with care, with particular in-patient providers together with a Particular Care Unit, Palliative Care, and Pastoral Care. The hospital’s ambulatory care program sees over 30,000 emergency and clinic visits per 12 months.
The Renfrew Victoria Hospital is situated roughly 90 kilometres west of downtown Ottawa.
