OTTAWA — The Ontario government has announced it is spending another $29.1 million on planning for the expansion of the Ottawa Hospital’s future Civic Campus, which will serve as the lead acute care centre for Ottawa, the Champlain Region and Nunavut.
The allocation is one of the largest planning grants in Ontario’s history, stated a recent release. The expansion will also develop the facility as an advanced academic research hospital.
The new spending follows 2019 funding of $9 million to support early planning for the multibillion-dollar Civic Campus project. The Ottawa Hospital has expanded the scope of the redevelopment, which is planned to include more than 100 additional beds, bringing the total number of new beds to over 300. The beds will help to expand acute care and the development of a specialty rehabilitation centre and referral centre.
Planning is also underway to include a trauma centre, a larger emergency department, an updated and expanded surgical suite, outpatient clinics and integrated research and education spaces.
The next stage of the planning process will include identifying programming and operational requirements. It is currently estimated that construction of the hospital will start in 2024.
“Supporting the Ottawa Hospital’s new and expanded Civic Campus is a vital part of our government’s plan to build a resilient health care system and end hallway health care in the Ottawa region,” stated Minister of Health Christine Elliott in a statement. “This investment, one of the largest planning and design grants in Ontario’s history, will help patients and families access the care they need for generations to come.”
Minister of Infrastructure Kinga Surma added, “Investing in our health care system through new infrastructure like this state-of-the-art hospital in Ottawa will provide residents with a modern and safe environment to get the care they need and deserve.”
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