[chrisseaton]

Do you get billed by the fire brigade if they have to put out a fire at your house?

[willcipriano]

You do if you ask them to fill up a swimming pool or a similar non firefighting activity. Was a discount provided to the patients because the hospital was able to cheap out on labor? I'll bet not, why should the executive team keep that surplus that was created due to their mismanagement?

[chrisseaton]

I guess all the matters is that the patients were supported - they're the tax payers and the ones who matter.

[VancouverMan]

If the local fire brigade is funded through municipal taxes, for example, then lots of people are getting billed anyway even when the fire brigade never comes to their houses.