ONTARIO ๐ตโ๏ธ๐ง๐ Ontario Building New Hospital in Waterloo Region
Tuesday, 23 July 2024 08:00.AM
- University of Waterloo selected as new site, connecting more people in the region to care in their community -
The University of Waterloo has been chosen as the site for the new state-of-the-art hospital being built for Waterloo Region in partnership with St. Maryโs General Hospital and Grand River Hospital. The Ontario government has invested $5 million to support the early planning and construction of the new hospital that will expand services and add more beds to connect more patients and their families to convenient care, closer to home.
โThe new site for the Waterloo Region hospital at the University of Waterloo will foster innovation, enhance research and better connect the growing region to convenient care closer to home,โ said Premier Doug Ford. โRight across the province, our government is investing more than $50 billion to support more than 50 major hospital projects. When it comes to your health, weโre building a health care system that people across Ontario can count on.โ
The new hospital site is located on University of Waterloo lands west of Bearinger Road and Hagey Boulevard in Waterloo, making it more convenient for people living in the area and surrounding communities to access. The new acute care hospital will help the region meet the needs of its growing population, making it faster and easier for people to connect to care, including:
โข emergency services and critical care
โข medical imaging, diagnostic services and enhanced surgical spaces
โข maternal, newborn, and pediatric care
โข modernized medical and surgical inpatient units
โข cardiac clinics
Planning work between the hospitals and the University of Waterloo is underway, with the new hospital expected to open in 2035.
โUnder the leadership of Premier Ford our government is making record investments to build a health care system that lasts, connecting more people to the care they need, when they need it,โ said Sylvia Jones, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, โThe new Waterloo hospital is the next step our government is taking to ensure families in the rapidly growing Kitchener Waterloo region are provided with the right care, in the right place, for decades to come.โ
Through Your Health: A Plan For Connected and Convenient Care, the Ontario government is making it easier for people of all ages to connect to the care they need, when they need it. This includes building new hospitals to expand services available to people in their community while reducing wait lists and wait times.
Quick Facts
โข Over the next 10 years, Ontarioโs investments will lead to nearly $50 billion in health infrastructure across the province, adding 3,000 new beds.
โข The Ontario government is investing more than $228 million this year to support critical infrastructure upgrades, and repairs at 129 hospitals and 58 community health care facilities across the province.
โข The Ontario government is connecting communities in Southwestern Ontario to life-saving cardiac care by supporting St. Maryโs General Hospital with the planning, design and implementation of a new 3,500 square feet Cardiac Catheterization Lab.
โข Grand River Hospital and St. Maryโs General Hospital provide care to more than 840,000 people in the Waterloo-Wellington area.
โข St. Maryโs General Hospital and Grand River Hospital have announced their selected site for the proposed new hospital on the land that is part of the David Johnston Research + Technology Park (R+T Park) at the University of Waterloo.
"This is great news for the people of Waterloo Region. Our government is making record investments to improve hospital care in communities across Ontario. Through Your Health Plan, we are moving quickly to expand and modernize Ontarioโs hospitals, allowing patients and their families to connect to the quality care they need, when and where they need it. This new state-of-the-art facility will meet that commitment for decades to come."
- Brian Riddell, MPP, Cambridge
SOURCE: Ontario Ministry of Health
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