MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Trillium Health Partners (THP) and the Government of Ontario are advancing healthcare and health promotion, by building Ontario’s first Women’s and Children’s Hospital. By focusing on women, children, and equity-deserving groups, THP will provide one-of-a-kind services and integrated care that will improve generational health in Mississauga and West Toronto.
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WINNIPEG – The Manitoba government is spending $1.5 billion over six years on a massive rebuild of the province’s largest hospital and an expansion of the University of Manitoba’s Bannatyne Avenue campus. The Health Sciences Centre project includes a plan to rebuild the central Winnipeg hospital’s adult bed towers – the core of the hospital – with at least 240 new private rooms, and create more space for complex procedural and diagnostic services, Premier Heather Stefanson last week.
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NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. – Niagara residents are celebrating the start of construction on the new South Niagara hospital. On July 18, Premier Doug Ford along with Sylvia Jones, deputy premier and minister of Health, and Kinga Surma, minster of Infrastructure, joined Niagara Health and the Niagara Health Foundation to break ground on the 1.3-million-square-foot hospital.
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KITCHENER, Ont. – Community members are being invited to have a say in the future location for a new joint hospital in Kitchener-Waterloo. Grand River Hospital and St. Mary’s General Hospital recently assembled a five-member Site Selection Panel of skilled professionals who are leading the efforts to identify a preferred site for the new hospital.
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LONDON, Ont. – For decades, the London Health Sciences Centre and the neighboring St. Joseph’s Health Care London have worked as partners. However, it appears many of the close bonds are being severed, as a formal collaboration agreement has been scrapped and several joint ventures are being restructured, including their highly rated Lawson Health Research Institute, their medical research arm.
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KITCHENER, Ont. – Grand River Hospital is celebrating the biggest donation in its history – $15 million – from the founders of Kitchener’s iconic HiWay Market. The legacy gift from Dorothy and Ralph Kraft, who opened the area’s first grocery superstore in 1952 on King Street East, kicked off the official launch of Grand River Hospital Foundation’s $258-million Care Never Stops campaign.
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WINNIPEG – Manitoba’s premier, Heather Stefanson (pictured), announced that her government will contribute $30 million to expand an intensive care unit at a Winnipeg hospital. Stefanson said the money will go towards the Grace Hospital Foundation’s campaign to create up to 20 new beds in the facility’s ICU and is part of her Progressive Conservative government’s plan to “heal healthcare in Manitoba.”
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GUELPH, Ont. – Two Guelph institutions, along with a list of named and unnamed medical personnel, are facing an $89.5-million lawsuit after a child was born with a rare genetic disorder the parents say should have been spotted before her birth.
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TORONTO – A $50-million gift from Orlando Corporation, the largest corporate donation in CAMH's history, will support the creation of a Research & Discovery Centre at the hospital. As part of this gift, Orlando Corp. will match every donation directed towards the Research & Discovery Centre up to $20 million.
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WINDSOR, Ont. – Windsor Regional Hospital (WRH) and GE HealthCare announced a 15-year Managed Equipment Service (MES) agreement to deliver innovative technology solutions and services to the communities WRH serves. The agreement is designed to help enable better patient outcomes, improve efficiencies for clinicians and staff, and expected significant cost savings to the hospital for years to come. This collaboration between GE HealthCare and the WRH clinical engineering team will provide system predictability and service resilience to help WRH deliver the future of healthcare.
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