The Aud

[ijmorlan]

The kw hospital has had its facelifts, but was built in what 1953? St. Mary's was built in 1923? They can only handle so many additions before we need to look if it would be more efficient and beneficial to build a purpose built facility to handle the needs of the region now and into the future. 

There is still lots of space at the Grand River location. Also, old portions can be torn down and replaced. I don’t see a reason for the hospital to move, ever, unless it’s in the wrong place. But at an LRT station on a major road seems like exactly the right place. I think it might be perfectly reasonable for the hospital to be where it is now in 2100 or 2300, even if not a single brick of the current building is still there.

Also, I fear that if we build a new hospital it will be a single mega-hospital, which is the last thing we need: multiple hospitals distributed around the Region is much better. Of course, some specialized services will inevitably be at only one location (or even none — go to Hamilton or Toronto), but the courthouse model wouldn’t be good for the hospital.