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Here are the latest news updates on the Our Lady of Mercy Redevelopment Project.
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July 19, 2010 Community Redevelopment Meeting January 25, 2010 Community Redevelopment Meeting May 6, 2009 Community Meeting Summary |
Fast Facts
Read some fast facts about Phase 2 of the Our Lady of Mercy Patient Care Wing construction.
- The Our Lady of Mercy Patient Care Wing will be a 130,000 sq.ft 4-storey building.
- It will be completed by 2012
- The patient care wing will house a new state-of-the-art Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, a new Paediatric Unit, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, and an expanded Family Birthing Centre, and three new inpatient areas housing a total of 92 beds.
- The patient care wing is being built on top of the new three-storey underground parking garage, which can accommodate parking for 300 cars.
- Vanbots is the construction company for the new patient care wing
- On a typical construction day for this project, we will see anywhere between 40 to 100 workers on the job site.
- The various trades and workers Vanbots will have on site are: Carpenters, labourer's, electricians, plumbers, HVAC installers, drywaller's, painters, tapers, carpet & tile installer, med-gas, controls, insulators, millworkers, glazers, masons, concrete swampers and finishers, steel workers, roofers, elevator installers, siding flashing & finishes and landscapers just to name a few.
The new Our Lady of Mercy Wing will be home to:
- The new NICU, with 20 bassinettes (an increase from the current 12 bassinettes)
- An expanded Family Birth Centre to accommodate 4,000 births annually (an increase from the over 3,300 births we had here last year)
- A new Paediatrics Unit which will include 6 surgical day care beds, 6 medical day care beds, and 6 observation beds
- Approximately 92 adult impatient beds
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
What the new patient care wing will look like:
 Front view |
 Rear view |
 Main entrance |
 Aerial view |
| St. Joseph's Health Centre's redevelopment project was the backdrop for the Premier of Ontario's funding announcement on Monday, March 23, 2009. More information on the provincial funding announcement |
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Page last updated: August 03, 2010