02-11-2015, 01:21 AM
I would not be surprised to see the SunLife parking lands purchased by the Grand River Hospital corporation in the next 10 to 15 years.
This is a perfect site for a "new build" for a future replacement healthcare facility (adjacent to the old patchwork hospital buildings). Oakville has replaced it's aging patchwork hospital with a state of the art facility which will open later this year.
At some point Waterloo Region will need a new, larger hospital that will be required to meet the built areas in the region (perhaps a merged GRH/St.Mary will be a likely outcome for two aging hospitals, both with old infrastructure inside and out and duplicate administrative costs).
Emergency services are already underserved by both hospitals with no major trauma unit in the area (hence most trauma/at risk patients are sent to Hamilton). A new Level One hospital could be built on this site. Right now the closest level one or major trauma hospitals are in Hamilton, London and Toronto. This new merged plan was already pushed By Queen's park at one time. The large future influx of population into the region will be a driving factor.
I look forward to seeing a new 2025-2030 large, high rise hospital site plan that is served by the LRT (see the St. Michael's hospital campus in Toronto is an example).
This is a perfect site for a "new build" for a future replacement healthcare facility (adjacent to the old patchwork hospital buildings). Oakville has replaced it's aging patchwork hospital with a state of the art facility which will open later this year.
At some point Waterloo Region will need a new, larger hospital that will be required to meet the built areas in the region (perhaps a merged GRH/St.Mary will be a likely outcome for two aging hospitals, both with old infrastructure inside and out and duplicate administrative costs).
Emergency services are already underserved by both hospitals with no major trauma unit in the area (hence most trauma/at risk patients are sent to Hamilton). A new Level One hospital could be built on this site. Right now the closest level one or major trauma hospitals are in Hamilton, London and Toronto. This new merged plan was already pushed By Queen's park at one time. The large future influx of population into the region will be a driving factor.
I look forward to seeing a new 2025-2030 large, high rise hospital site plan that is served by the LRT (see the St. Michael's hospital campus in Toronto is an example).