Hospital gets more funding for Cataract Surgeries

Lake of the Woods District Hospital is getting more funding to carry out more cataract surgeries this year.

The Ministry of Health has approved funding for an extra 56 eye operations.

Chief  Executive Officer Marc Belcaen says they had requested funding for 105 more cataract surgeries, but they will take what they can get.

He suggests there is still the possibility of more funding, but that will depend on the demand at other hospitals as the year end approaches.