New hospital in Grimsby, Ont., to open in October, Hamilton Health Sciences says
Construction of the new hospital began in 2022
A new hospital in Grimsby, Ont., will open in October, Hamilton Health Sciences says.
Construction of the new facility, which began in 2022, is about two months away from "substantial completion," the hospital network said in a Wednesday news release. It's set to open "on or around" Oct. 27.
Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) will "get the keys" to the new facility and can begin final preparations to open in late July, it said. Those will include moving equipment and supplies into the building and training workers. The hospital will open in phases with guidance from the province's Ministry of Health.
EllisDon is the contractor working on the $224-million facility, which will be about 80 per cent larger than the existing one it's replacing, HHS said. That hospital was built in 1946.
According to the HHS website, the new facility has been constructed behind the old one, which will be decommissioned once the new one is up and running.
The old hospital could "no longer meet the demands of our growing region," HHS said on its website.
Many Niagara residents have expressed a desire for better, local access to health care. During the provincial election, the Progressive Conservative party told CBC Hamilton the government had invested $85 billion in health care "this year alone," including in over 50 hospital redevelopment projects, such as the one in Grimsby and a new Niagara Falls hospital.
Those projects add "nearly 600 new beds across the region," they said.
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