{"id":71534,"date":"2022-04-19T10:13:26","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T14:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/?p=71534"},"modified":"2022-04-19T10:13:30","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T14:13:30","slug":"new-campus-development-gets-green-light-from-ontario-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/newsroom\/new-campus-development-gets-green-light-from-ontario-government\/","title":{"rendered":"New Campus Development gets green light from Ontario government"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In March 2022, the Government of Ontario announced the approval of The Ottawa Hospital\u2019s (TOH) New Campus Development project, with a commitment to fund more than $2 billion in construction costs.  The project is now into the implementation stage and when it opens in 2028, TOH\u2019s New Campus will be the largest and most modern teaching and research hospital in Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis investment will ensure The Ottawa Hospital is able to deliver the type of world class care that this growing region requires and will help build a more resilient health-care system,\u201d said Premier Doug Ford.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new hospital will provide highly specialized emergency and trauma services and will treat the most complex adult injuries and illnesses for patients from Eastern Ontario, Western Quebec and Nunavut. It will be a center for innovation, discovery, and learning, where great medical minds will tackle the biggest questions in health care and work together to solve them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cInvesting in our health care system through new infrastructure like this state-of-the-art hospital in Ottawa will provide residents with a modern and safe environment to get the care they need and deserve,\u201d said Kinga Surma, Minister of Infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This spring, TOH will go to tender for construction of a parking structure to support the hospital\u2019s patients, visitors and staff. Construction on the parking structure will begin in summer 2022 and it will be completed before work on the main hospital starts in 2024. This will provide parking for workers who will build the new hospital itself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

During its construction, the project stands to dramatically boost Ottawa\u2019s bottom line. According to a new report by Deloitte, the project will inject nearly $2 billion into the local economy, contribute $1.24 billion to Ottawa\u2019s labour income, and will independently create or sustain the employment of about 4,000 full time equivalent jobs each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cInfrastructure Ontario is privileged to be working on this project with The Ottawa Hospital and anticipates bringing this project to procurement in Summer 2022,\u201d said Michael Lindsay, President and CEO of Infrastructure Ontario.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The work to replace the aging Civic Campus began in 2006. During the past 15 years, TOH\u2019s team has worked closely with all three levels of government \u2013 a unique requirement of building a hospital in the National Capital Region \u2013 and has consulted extensively with health-care partners across the region, as well as staff members, patients, stakeholders, Indigenous communities, the local community and the general public at large.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe must be able to meet the needs of our patients today and in the years to come, so that we are ready to provide world-class care whenever our community needs us,\u201d said Cameron Love, President and CEO of The Ottawa Hospital. \u201cWe are building the future of health care for Ottawa and Eastern Ontario with the generous support of the Government of Ontario.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Project timeline<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The New Campus Development project is on schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n