EAST GWILLIMBURY, ONT. — The Ontario government has announced it is investing $10 million to advance plans for Southlake Health’s new acute care hospital in East Gwillimbury as well as the redevelopment of its existing hospital in Newmarket.
The new funding will help support early planning for a new acute care hospital in East Gwillimbury, near the site of the future Bradford Bypass.
According to a release, once opened, the new hospital would include:
- Expanded acute and post-acute care, including medicine, surgery, orthopedics, rehabilitation, maternal and child health and pediatric mental health.
- Increased inpatient capacity.
- A new emergency department with diagnostic imaging and upgraded infection prevention and control measures.
The current Southlake Hospital in Newmarket will also be renovated and modernized, with more inpatient beds and expanded emergency capacity.
As a next step, the Ministry of Health will work with Southlake Health to complete early planning for the new hospital, including determining bed numbers and square footage. Once further planning is completed and the project is tendered and awarded, a construction schedule will be confirmed, the release adds.
