TORONTO — Unity Health Toronto’s new ambulatory care centre at St. Michael’s emergency department is now officially open to patients.
The hospital’s historic Shuter Wing has been renovated to create an expanded space that will serve more than 70,000 walk-in patients every year, states a release.
In 2023, St. Michael’s started the project to replace the 100-year-old wing, located on the northeast end of the hospital, with a new building at the corner of Bond and Shuter streets. The interior and structural demolition was completed in the spring of 2023.
Construction commenced shortly after.
The new centre includes a dedicated walk-in entrance, a separate waiting area for ambulatory patients, private exam rooms, a confidential discharge suite and a centralized caregiver pod.
The project was supported by the Province of Ontario’s $204 million investment and is one part of the St. Michael’s Hospital’s Peter Gilgan Patient Care Tower project.
The project includes five new purpose-built operating rooms and enlarged facilities for orthopedic surgery, oncology, coronary care and respirology.
Ontario is also investing over $15 million to support Unity Health Toronto with the planning, design and implementation of its relocated Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at St. Michael’s.
The new facility, which will be completed by summer 2027, will see over 12,000 square feet of space renovated, and the entire NICU unit of bassinets will be relocated to a larger space at the new patient care tower at St. Michael’s Hospital.
