Monday night’s presentation to council from the St. Thomas-Elgin General Hospital Foundation provided little in the way of insight and generated a gurney load of troubling questions.
 For instance, isn’t a partnership a two-way street?
 So, if the hospital wants the city and county to each write cheques in the amount of $4.5 million, then it should be open to financial disclosure. Let’s see some accounting.
 After all, a partnership is more than just cutting a cheque.
 Who is determining the final amount to be raised and the term of payment?
 Let’s see the documentation from the province to the hospital to validate this.
 Has anyone at city hall seen paperwork on what is required at the municipal level?
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