NLHS could need $5M, more agency nurses to staff new beds in old hospital

NLHS could need $5M, more agency nurses to staff new beds in old hospital

The new head of Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services says it will need more than $5 million to deal with the overflow of alternative care patients at the new Western Memorial Regional Hospital in Corner Brook, and will likely need to contract agency nurses to staff interim care beds at the city's old hospital.