A decision had been expected yesterday on service cuts which the hospice says have been forced by an expected $300,000 deficit this financial year.
While no details of the suggested cuts have been revealed, Ms Green has indicated bed numbers could be reduced and other aspects of the hospice service would be affected.
Since it announced its plight a week ago, the hospice had been consulting with staff and unions about reducing services so it could break even.
The 12-bed hospice, which also runs a community programme and caters for about 150 patients at any one time, had a deficit of $130,000 last year despite record fund-raising and did not consider it would be responsible to run a deficit again.
Ms Green said people in the community had expressed their concern about the hospice's situation and it had received help from two businesses.
The organisation's photocopier supplier had upgraded their machine and offered a contract at a reduced cost and another business had offered to clean all the carpets for nothing.
These offers had saved the hospice about $4000, which would make a big difference to day-to-day operational costs, Ms Green said.
Such gestures showed how strong community support for the hospice was.
The hospice wants funding from the Government, through the Otago District Health Board, set at 70%.
The offer from the board, which is also facing a deficit, is 53% of its total budget of about $3 million.
