New Brunswick's eight health boards officially merged Monday in a union authorities say will improve services for everyone.
The eight regional health authorities are nowadays consolidated into two entities � one based in Miramichi, and the other in Bathurst.
The Miramichi dominance will be in point of administering health concern for most of the province leave off in francophone areas, which will fall under Bathurst's jurisdiction.
The sue has sleek operations and will keep service duplication, said Health Minister Mike Murphy.
It volition also institute more transparence to the system, he said.
"You should know everything that I know that's going on in New Brunswick," he said last week. "There should [not] be any secrets with regard to the difficulties we experience, the opportunities that we have."
New Brunswick spends $2.2 one thousand million a year on health care, well-nigh 38 per cent of the bucolic budget.
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