General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours

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Is an "ambulatory and urgent care centre" different from an emergency department?

Yes, very different from an emergency department.

An urgent care centre is a step between a walk-in clinic and an emergency department. We already have some locally, like https://onyxurgentcare.com/ , but I assume the one at GRH would be 24/7. But it's not somewhere an ambulance would take you.

Ambulatory care is a synonym for outpatient care, where they treat you without a full hospital admission. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambulatory_care

The fact they refer to it as repurposing the midtown site I think means they're planning to discontinue emergency services there, otherwise it would just be an addition.