Sault Area Hospital gets surge bed dollars

Sault Area Hospital will add 10 more surge beds to tap when patient numbers exceed capacity with provincial funding of $605,000.The financial support, announced by Sault Ste. Marie MPP Ross Romano on Friday, follows an earlier pledge of $1.72 million for 16 surge beds made by the city’s provincial representative in mid-October. All the cash is good for the current fiscal year ending March 31.There’s “very few days in the year” Sault Area Hospital operates under 100 per ca