Media Advisory - West Park Healthcare Centre to unveil plans for new $1.2 billion hospital in West Toronto
Groundbreaking event to feature a patient parade and drumline
TORONTO, Oct. 4, 2018 /CNW/ - A massive new construction project is about to begin at West Park Healthcare Centre, redefining how nature can effectively be integrated into rehabilitative health care. The new $1.2 billion hospital will amplify the role of the 27-acre campus' natural surroundings in helping patients get their lives back.
The project will include construction of a new six-storey hospital overlooking the Humber River Valley. Its emphasis on nature will include terraces on every floor, many outdoor therapeutic spaces as well as numerous trails and gardens to ensure nature and healing intersect – inside and out.
The new hospital will feature a 20 per cent increase of inpatient beds, with 80 per cent of the beds being in single-patient rooms. Each inpatient will have a private three-piece washroom for improved infection control. There will also be a significant increase in outpatient care space to serve double the current patient volume.
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Groundbreaking celebration for new rehabilitative hospital |
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Thursday, October 11, 2018, 10:00a.m. to 11:00a.m. ET |
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West Park Healthcare Centre |
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Colour-coordinated patient parade led by a drumline and prominent provincial dignitaries through the expansive greenery of West Park's campus. |
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Official groundbreaking for $1.2 billion project scheduled to be open by 2023. |
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Unveiling of extensive new visuals and a model of the new six-storey hospital. |
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About West Park Healthcare Centre:
West Park Healthcare Centre helps patients get their lives back by providing specialized rehabilitative and complex care after a life‐altering illness or injury such as lung disease, amputation, stroke and traumatic musculoskeletal injuries. West Park is building a new hospital and transforming its 27-acre site into an integrated campus of care, enabling the hospital to evolve its rehabilitative programs to meet Ontario's future healthcare needs.
SOURCE West Park Healthcare Centre
Vince Rice, Director of Public Relations, West Park Healthcare Centre, 416-243-3730, [email protected]
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