Changes in store for Hospital Board

Lake of the Woods District Hospital is planning to reduce the size of its board of directors.

Currently there are 20 board members, 10 of which are elected in the municipal elections every four years.

However, at last night's board meeting, members voted to do away from the current model, and move to a corporate model, where only people who have a membership can be elected.

The new board would have just 13 members, nine elected and four from the hospital administration or representing the medical community.

Chair of the board, Debbie Baldwin says a smaller board will be more manageble and easier to get quorums for their meetings.