Hospitals in KW

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An interesting new consideration WRHN is looking at regarding transit: autonomous bus shuttles from the LRT to the hospital.

This will likely just be for staff, but it shows the consideration for public transportation as this has been an issue raised through the internal feedback at WRHN. This means GRT can analyze passenger trip data over the years and expand new bus routes or LRT routes in the future. Since WRHN is future proofing this hospital for at least the next half century plus, transit will be taken into consideration and that will certainly influence decision making at the regional level.

Also, while architectural plans haven't been fully released to the public as of yet, the hospital campus is to be at the very least 12 floors or potentially more (as it is still very much in the design stages). Due to it having a helicopter pad, there is expectation that the hospital can/will serve as a significantly more important major regional trauma centre to handle population growth closer to Waterloo Region, resulting in an even larger hospital design by the time all the phases are done and under construction. It'll really depend on funding.

Thanks for this. I definitely approve of going tall. Do you know if the helicopter pad would be on the roof?

All I know about hospital roof pads is that’s how it was in ER.