Hospitals in KW

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Along the LRT near Ottawa St seems logical to me.

Replace the industrial area behind the Concordia? That could work, sure.

Or the other side of the highway, with an infill ION station added around Hayward.

The plan is to close the GRH emergency department and consolidate at the new site.

Along the LRT near Ottawa St seems logical to me.

So no emergency department near the City of Waterloo? Completely bonkers. The closest emergency to Uptown would then be at St. Mary’s I think?

The plan is also to close St Mary's, the new hospital will be the one emergency department for the region. Which IMO is why they should keep the current GRH site, but we all know that won't happen (too much desire for vast quantities of parking).

The plan is to close the GRH emergency department and consolidate at the new site.

That's not how I read it.

As part of the project, St. Mary’s nearly century-old building will be retired, while Grand River’s two existing sites will be renovated and repurposed. Grand River’s main site in Kitchener will focus on ambulatory and urgent care, and Freeport will expand its rehabilitation services — with St. Mary’s sharing these spaces as well.

https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-...pital.html

That's what I read too. Ambulatory care means care for people that can walk themselves in, e.g. routine scans and stuff. Urgent care is the step below emergency (but above a regular walk-in clinic). Despite the confusing naming, anyone arriving in an ambulance is neither ambulatory care nor urgent care.