Wednesday, February 12th, 2025

The General and Marine Hospital Foundation is asking Clearview Township to make a $5 million pledge toward the cost of the construction of a new hospital, payable over 10-15 years.

The hospital is planning to build a 335,951 square foot hospital, two-and-a-half times the size of the current facility. The preferred new site is on Poplar Sideroad, but it has yet to be approved.

Foundation executive director Jory Pritchard Kerr told council Monday the hospital would have 120 beds (up from the current 68 beds), and 80 per cent of them would be in private rooms, to improve patient experience and improve disease control. The plan is to have 14 rehab beds in addition to offering chemotherapy, a pacemaker clinic, MRI, dementia care beds and a pain management clinic.

Pritchard Kerr said the state-of-the-art facility will not only be a place to go when ill, it will be also be a place to learn about health and wellness.

The total project cost is estimated at $327,773,444, with the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care covering $253,176,301 of that, leaving $74,597,143 to be raised by the foundation. 

“This is the largest project ever undertaken in this area and it is going to take some support from everyone,” said Pritchard Kerr.

She said the Foundation is asking municipalities for support at this time but there will be a general fundraising campaign in the future, when they will reach out to the community at large.

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