Project Benefits

The New hospital for South Georgian Bay:

Expands health care services for our fast-growing community while bringing care closer to home. CGMH is projected to double in size over the next decade based on the fast-growing population of the South Georgian Bay region. Our new hospital will include increased capacity, including up to 132 new beds with 98 total inpatient beds an additional 34 beds to meet the community’s future needs. We will help bring care closer to home by adding a new inpatient rehabilitation program and expanding existing medical and surgical bed capacity. In addition, we will expand access to key services including emergency medicine, intensive care, diagnostic imaging and surgical services, providing the right care, in the right place, and at the right time.
Improves patient safety and privacy. All inpatient rooms in the new hospital will be private and designed to accommodate individual patient needs with larger rooms offering more privacy for patients and better accommodations for families and caregivers. The latest in infection prevention and control technology will be incorporated into each room, helping to prevent the spread of infection.
Helps South Georgian Bay retain and recruit top healthcare professionals. Modern infrastructure will not only replace our existing outdated and undersized facilities, it will also give our CGMH Team Members the right tools and infrastructure they need to enhance patient care in a welcoming and wellness-focused environment.
Builds on our strengths in rural, inter-professional education and training. A state-of-the-art learning centre will enable a strengthened focus on rural inter-professional education, training and research, enabling us to develop the next generation of health care professionals in a rural setting, for a rural setting.
Makes smart investments in health care infrastructure to meet our communities’ current and future needs. By building the new hospital on a generously donated greenfield site on Poplar Sideroad, construction will occur in half the amount of time, cost taxpayers less money, and reduce the local community’s share of cost when compared to building on the existing site. The new site provides space for future expansion so that our new hospital can grow with the South Georgian Bay community.