Ontario Building Better, More Modern Facilities in Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry

Province investing over $524,899 for critical care upgrades and repairs connecting Ontarians to care, closer to home

NEWS

Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry — As part of Your Health: A Plan for Connected and Convenient Care, the Ontario government is improving hospital and community care by investing over $524,899 this year to support critical upgrades and repairs at hospitals and community health facilities in Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry. This funding is part of the government’s investment of over $208 million provided through the Health Infrastructure Renewal Fund and the Community Infrastructure Renewal Fund to 131 hospitals and 58 community health facilities across the province.

“I am pleased to see some hospitals and community health facilities in the region received government funding through the Infrastructure Renewal Fund for some much-needed upgrades and repairs,” said Nolan Quinn, MPP for Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry. “Patients and clients of the hospitals and community health facilities deserve access to high-quality care in a safe environment.”

Investments for the 2023-24 HIRF funding:

• Cornwall Community Hospital: $373,489
• The Religious Hospitallers of St. Joseph of Cornwall: $10,000
• Winchester District Memorial Hospital: $123,432

Investments for the 2023-24 CIRF funding:

• Centre de santé communautaire de l’Estrie: $17,978

Ontario is providing $200 million to hospitals through the Health Infrastructure Renewal Fund and over $8.4 million to community health service providers through the Community Infrastructure Renewal Fund. This funding from the province allows its health care system partners to address urgent infrastructure renewal needs such as upgrades or replacements of roofs, windows, security systems, fire alarms and back-up generators.

“Ensuring Ontario’s hospitals and community health facilities have the infrastructure in place to deliver the high-quality care patients expect and deserve is a priority for our government,” said Sylvia Jones, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health. “This year’s increased funding will help these facilities address priority renewal needs while ensuring people can continue to receive the world-class care they need in a safe and comfortable environment.”

With Your Health: A Plan for Connected and Convenient Care, the province is moving quickly to expand and modernize Ontario’s hospitals to ensure patients and their families are able to connect to the quality care they need, when they need it, closer to home.

QUICK FACTS

• This year, Ontario has increased the Health Infrastructure Renewal Fund by over 14 per cent and the Community Infrastructure Renewal Fund by over 10 per cent.
• Community health facilities are publicly funded and provide a range of programs to patients across the province, including primary care, community mental health and addictions services, allied health care such as physical therapy and respiratory therapy, and programs and services delivered by a public health unit.
• Ontario’s investments over the next 10 years will lead to nearly $50 billion in health infrastructure across the province.
• As of the end of 2022, Ontario approved 50 hospital development projects that will build more than 3,000 new hospital beds in communities across the province over the next 10 years.
• As of the end of 2022, Ontario has approved 50 hospital development projects that will create more than 3,000 new hospital beds in communities across the province by 2032.

QUOTES

“We are deeply appreciative of this new funding provided by the Ministry of Health, which will be instrumental in facilitating a variety of critical infrastructure and safety upgrades throughout original portions of the hospital, including new fire sprinklers and ventilation systems. Not only will this investment enhance our facility’s infrastructure, it will also strengthen our ability to deliver exceptional care to the people we serve.”

– Jeanette Despatie, President and Chief Executive Officer, Cornwall Community Hospital

“Hospitals are very complex buildings, and we appreciate the government’s financial assistance toward the cost of maintaining and upgrading our building infrastructure. It’s much appreciated.”

– Cholly Boland, Chief Executive Director, Winchester District Memorial Hospital

“This funding will help our clients with accessibility issues by upgrading our access ramps to the new standard. This is great news, and we are grateful and thank the ministry for their support.”

– Marc Bisson, General Director, Centre de santé communautaire de l’Estrie

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

• Your Health: A Plan for Connected and Convenient Care
• 2023 Ontario Budget: Building a Strong Ontario

Media Contact Office of Nolan Quinn, MPP  Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry Tel: 613-933-6513   TF: 1-800-514-9660 Email: nolan.quinn@pc.ola.org