07-20-2023, 10:44 PM
Do bigger Regional hospitals actually work for those who need urgent care (a broken leg, stroke, heart attack) vs those who need specialized care (eg long-term cancer treatment or specialized surgery)? Or do they also need a network of smaller satellites for areas where the population is more distributed? For instance, I'm not familiar with this at all, but what are the current urgent care options for population centres like Elmira or New Hamburg/Baden? If these two nodes increase their populations as planned, will there be a need for a hospital in either of those areas (perhaps on the size of the original St. Mary's or K-W Hospital?). Elmira is probably equidistant between Groves Hospital (Fergus) and Grand River Hospital, while New Hamburg/Baden is equidistant between Stratford and St. Mary's Hospitals.