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Thea Agnew-Bemben

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“We also did last night get approval to accept the Rural Health Transformation Program funds. So that's just over $3 million between now and the end of June.”
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So we're just trying to be really strategic about, as we add beds, making sure we're really trying to get the people who are most vulnerable, who want to be in those beds, into those beds. So that's been something we've worked on for the last few weeks together. We also did last night get approval to accept the Rural Health Transformation Program funds. So that's just over $3 million between now and the end of June. So we really have to work diligently.

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