Ontario Building Better, More Modern Facilities at Joseph Brant Hospital

Jul 31

NEWS

Burlington — As part of Your Health: A Plan for Connected and Convenient Care, the Ontario government is improving hospital and community care by investing over $530,310 this year to support critical upgrades and repairs at hospitals and community health facilities in Burlington. This funding is part of the government’s investment of over $208 million provided through the Health Infrastructure Renewal Fund and the Community Infrastructure Renewal Fund to 131 hospitals and 58 community health facilities across the province.

“Funding from the Health Infrastructure Renewal Fund supports our health care systems so hospitals can continue providing patients with access to the care they need,” said Natalie Pierre, MPP Burlington. “This funding will ensure that Joseph Brant Hospital has the support they need to maintain hospital facilities and infrastructure, while continuing to provide access to high quality healthcare in Burlington.”

Investments include:

Health Infrastructure Renewal Fund 2023-24

Joseph Brant Hospital: $530,310

Ontario is providing $200 million to hospitals through the Health Infrastructure Renewal Fund and over $8.4 million to community health service providers through the Community Infrastructure Renewal Fund. This funding from the province allows its health care system partners to address urgent infrastructure renewal needs such as upgrades or replacements of roofs, windows, security systems, fire alarms and back-up generators.

“Ensuring Ontario’s hospitals and community health facilities have the infrastructure in place to deliver the high-quality care patients expect and deserve is a priority for our government,” said Sylvia Jones, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health. “This year’s increased funding will help these facilities address priority renewal needs while ensuring people can continue to receive the world-class care they need in a safe and comfortable environment.”

With Your Health: A Plan for Connected and Convenient Care, the province is moving quickly to expand and modernize Ontario’s hospitals to ensure patients and their families are able to connect to the quality care they need, when they need it, closer to home.

QUICK FACTS

This year, Ontario has increased the Health Infrastructure Renewal Fund by over 14 per cent and the Community Infrastructure Renewal Fund by over 10 per cent.
Community health facilities are publicly funded and provide a range of programs to patients across the province, including primary care, community mental health and addictions services, allied health care such as physical therapy and respiratory therapy, and programs and services delivered by a public health unit.
Ontario’s investments over the next 10 years will lead to nearly $50 billion in health infrastructure across the province.
As of the end of 2022, Ontario approved 50 hospital development projects that will build more than 3,000 new hospital beds in communities across the province over the next 10 years.
As of the end of 2022, Ontario has approved 50 hospital development projects that will create more than 3,000 new hospital beds in communities across the province by 2032.

QUOTES

“We are grateful for this funding from the Ontario government to maintain and improve the hospital’s infrastructure, which is key to providing high-quality care for our patients and their families. It will help support essential and ongoing work to the hospital’s roof and our heating and cooling system.”

- Eric Vandewall, President & CEO of Joseph Brant Hospital

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

MEDIA CONTACT

Caroline Raskin | Executive Assistant

Office of Natalie Pierre

Member of Provincial Parliament

Burlington

Email.caroline@nataliepierrempp.ca

Tel.905-639-7924 Direct. 289-309-4049 Fax. 905-639-3284

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