Who will pay for facility a mystery (Edmonton Journal)
But Alberta Health Services decided in January the centre would instead house approximately 150 geriatric mental-health patients being transferred from Alberta Hospital Edmonton.
With that decision, the old funding model was tossed.
On Tuesday, the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees released an April letter from Alberta’s health superboard — obtained through a freedom-of-information request — asking the government to pay the entire $51.4 million capital cost up front.
Alberta to pay $51M for Villa Caritas: union (CBC News)
The 150-bed facility — now under construction beside the Misericordia Hospital in west Edmonton — was to be a partnership with Covenant Health, which was raising most of the $43 million cost.
But documents obtained by the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees show Alberta Health Services is trying cover the entire cost, which has ballooned to $51 million.
Villa Caritas upgrading costs (Global News Edmonton)