UW selected as site for new hospital in Kitchener-Waterloo

The caller infirmary coming to Kitchener and Waterloo will beryllium built connected nan grounds of nan David Johnston Research + Technology Park astatine nan University of Waterloo.

A merchandise from nan state says that nan infirmary will beryllium built connected nan assemblage westbound of Bearinger Road and Hagey Boulevard successful Waterloo.

Kitchener’s 2 hospitals, Grand River and St. Mary’s General, person been processing plans for a caller infirmary successful Waterloo Region for a mates of years now.

“We are thrilled that nan University of Waterloo will beryllium nan early location to Waterloo Region’s caller hospital,” St. Mary’s General Hospital president Mark Fam stated.

“Not only does nan location make awesome consciousness successful position of diligent accessibility, it besides allows our organizations to deepen our narration moreover further for nan use of nan communities we serve.”

The hospitals opportunity they will activity pinch nan University of Waterloo connected plans for nan hospital, which will return 5 years. They opportunity it will return different 5 years earlier shovels deed nan ground.

In nan outpouring of 2022, nan state gave nan 2 hospitals $5 cardinal to statesman readying for a 3rd infirmary successful nan area arsenic nan rapidly-expanding region is expected to turn to astatine slightest a cardinal group complete nan adjacent 25 years.

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The caller infirmary will characteristic emergency services and will consequence successful a number of different changes to area hospitals.

With nan summation of a caller hospital, Grand River Hospital would besides go an ambulatory and urgent attraction centre while nan rehabilitation capabilities of nan Freeport Campus would besides increase.

St Mary’s General Hospital would nary longer connection acute attraction services arsenic portion of nan plan.

Global News reached retired to a spokesperson for nan hospitals to find if this includes emergency care.

Grand River and St. Mary’s General hospitals precocious announced that they would merge successful 2025, though they are still moving connected a name.