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Article: CDHB in gun over car-park
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- The Press
- Article date:
- September 27, 2003
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The Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) has been called to
account for a decision to raid its health services budget and build a
$4m staff car-park without Ministry of Health approval.
The ministry has asked for a full explanation of why the board
approved the expenditure, which was not included in a plan signed off
by Cabinet. The rather testy exchange was revealed in documents
attached to an agenda for yesterday's board meeting.
In a bid to meet concerns that the money should have gone to
health services, the board agreed to charge hospital staff $12 a week
to use the 430-space car-park in a bid to pay it off.
CDHB chairman Syd Bradley told the meeting the decision to charge
staff ...