Hospital Budget Meetings

The Ontario Health Coalition says hospitals need to find out sooner rather than later how much money they'll have to work with this year.

The Ministry of Health still hasn't indicated how much it plans to increase hospital budgets by in 2010.

Natalie Mehra is the executive director of the coalition and sayseven if hospitals get a two percent increase, it will leave manyshort of funds.

The Ontario Health Coalition is planning to hold a number of hearings across the province next month on the future of rural and northern Hospitals.