About Our Redevelopment

The proposed $100 million redevelopment project at St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital has been approved. The Honourable Deb Matthews, Minister of Health and Long Term Care was at the hospital on August 24 to make the exciting announcement. The approved project includes a 15-bed adult mental health inpatient unit , a new emergency department, modernized surgical suites and a centralized ambulatory care program.

Redefining Our Future

The redevelopment project is critical. Our patients and our community deserve continued excellence in health care delivery and services. This project will:

Enable us to keep pace with a dynamic and changing health care system;
Create a state-of-the-art facility that supports the high quality of our health care professionals;
Respond to the adult mental health needs of our community.

The Benefits:

Enhanced patient care and privacy
Local access to excellent care
Improved safety and infection control
Better circulation and flow of patients, public and staff
Keeps long standing mental health beds, programs and expertise in our community
Supports lower operating costs
Contributes to reduced wait times
Reinforces our ability to recruit and keep excellent health care professionals
Provides economic stimulus for our community
Aligns with Province of Ontario’s health care priorities

Key Milestones:

2008 – Planning grant awarded by MOHLTC
May 2009 – met with MOHLTC to discuss status of Stage 1 submission
July 2009 – Stage 1 Submission to MOHLTC
Nov 2009 – Hosted MOHLTC Capital Planning Group to discuss Stage 1 Submission
Jan 2010 – Met with MOHLTC Team Lead and CEO, SWLHIN to discuss Stage 1 Submission.
April 2010 - Met with Minister Deb Matthews and MPP Steve Peters to discuss project