Anyone interested in a microcosmic view of the state of healthcare in Canada can get a fairly good perspective by visiting Brockville General Hospital (BGH) in eastern Ontario. It isn’t the kind of place that one would go to if one were seeking medical treatment, but it would make a great case study in the intricacies of bureaucracy for anyone working on an MBA.
According to local sources, BGH recently received some $68 million in capital funding from the Ontario Ministry of Health and has begun an ambitious program of renovations designed to make the facility state-of-the-art. The first round of renovations started with the closing off of a number of the hospital’s patient wings and a complete renovation of the entrance and the business offices.