‘A significant ask’

Sault Area Hospital concedes a Level 3 withdrawal management facility would be costly — but insists such a multi-million-dollar expenditure would be a sound health-care investment on multiple levels.
“It’s a significant ask,” said interim SAH president and CEO Ila Watson of the hospital’s proposal, which calls for $6 million in new operating dollars to look after ongoing costs and a one-time capital request of $11 million for a new building.
However, it does “