Hospitals in KW

[Rainrider22]

ST Mary's hospital currently has one of the highest survival rates in Canada if you suffer a cardiac event.  There are many reasons for this but one of the top reasons is it is quickly accessible.  Time is everything in a cardiac event.  If I suffer a cardiac event in my home once St Mary's closes,  the time it will take to get to the new hospital will likely cost my my life...  But oh well, its sexy to put a hospital on University land.

Unfortunately, we don't build hospitals for individuals, we build them for cities. People who live in the north end of Waterloo, or Elmira or Wellesley, will benefit from the new hospital location because it puts resources much closer to where they live. There was never going to be a location that makes everyone happy. (For me personally, the UW location will be twice as far away from my home as either GRH or StM).

We build them for people.  And so they should be near the highest concentration of people to work effectively.  I recognize this location might be good for the people in the north part of the region, but again, that is a fraction of the population.  People who choose to live in rural settings recognize they are farther way from amenities.  I know because I have lived in the country.  But now, I live in the city close to 2 Hospitals.  I also work in the field, I am very aware of the impact that the additional travel time will have with respect to emergent situations.