It adopted a pause on all NHS capital initiatives in Scotland as a result of a £1.5 billion funds black gap.
Native campaigners supported by MSPs and NHS Highland have been arguing for the £400,000-£500,000 wanted to finish the work.
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Inverness and Nairn MSP Fergus Ewing, who raised the problem at Holyrood, argued that pausing the work would find yourself costing much more in the long term.
He joined forces with fellow Highland MSPs, the Conservative’s Ed Mountain and Labour’s MSP Rhoda Grant in a cross-party marketing campaign involving medical doctors from the well being centre to overturn the federal government’s resolution.
The campaigners gathered on the well being centre yesterday to announce their victory following a gathering held lately with well being secretary Neil Grey.
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Mr Ewing mentioned: “This has been a cross-party marketing campaign with Rhoda Grant, Ed Mountain and myself working collectively with out social gathering political distinction to realize an final result which all of us felt was a no brainer, actually.”
The undertaking is the final a part of the broader Badenoch and Strathspey redesign.
This included the development of a brand new group hospital in Aviemore and refurbishment of Kingussie and Grantown well being centres.
The principle additional prices of the Grantown undertaking come up from having to proceed to make use of the Ian Charles Hospital, an previous constructing which is now not match for objective.
Mr Ewing mentioned: “Had the funding remained withdrawn, then in a short time the additional prices of utilizing the previous constructing would quickly exceed the £500,000, which might be the notional saving.
“The marketing campaign was predicated firstly on the premise that it was a false financial system.”
He added: “This has actually been a group marketing campaign and now we have succeeded.”
A gathering in regards to the disaster was attended by greater than 300 folks final month.
Mr Ewing mentioned this was instrumental in reversing the federal government’s resolution.
“Had these 300 folks not turned out, and if others had not written to the well being secretary, we might not be right here and I doubt we might have gained this marketing campaign.
“It was the folks of Grantown and neighborhood, on the finish of the day, who ensured we are able to make this blissful announcement.”
