The Humber River Regional Hospital project continues to move forward with the selection of HOK Architects Corporation to provide the planning, design and compliance aspects of the project.
Humber River Regional Hospital's new facility will be a new state-of-the-art hospital for acute care, constructed at Keele Street and Wilson Avenue in Toronto. The new facility will offer a comprehensive range of services to support inpatient and outpatient programs.
Highlights of the new hospital include:
- Expanded emergency services;
- Increased specialized outpatient services;
- Modern, high-tech diagnostic equipment for better patient diagnosis and treatment;
- Updated infectious disease containment systems to monitor and prevent a broad range of infections.
The compliance design team will develop the Site Master Plan and prepare key documents to form the guidelines and performance requirements that the successful building team must work with when preparing the overall design.
“This is an important milestone for the community and for Humber River Regional Hospital,” said George Smitherman, Deputy Premier and Minister of Energy and Infrastructure. “With a commitment of more than $5 billion, we now have more than 100 new and existing hospitals in various stages of expansion and upgrade across Ontario, which represents the biggest investment in health care infrastructure in more than a generation.”
“This is a clear sign of the government's commitment to upgrade and modernize health care and is a positive step towards the redevelopment of this hospital,” said Monte Kwinter, MPP for York Centre. “This investment by the McGuinty government will further improve the health services provided to Ontarians.”
The Humber River Regional Hospital project will proceed under Infrastructure Ontario's Design Build Finance Maintain model whereby risks associated with the design, construction, financing and maintenance are transferred to the private sector.
“We're very pleased that our project has progressed to where we can announce our planning, design and compliance team,” said Dr. Rueben Devlin, President and CEO of Humber River Regional Hospital. “They will help us design the best possible medical facility for our patients, and part of their work will be to lead consultations with our community on the services they want to see at this great new hospital.”
Infrastructure Ontario and the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care will work with Humber River Regional Hospital on the new hospital, which will remain publicly owned, publicly controlled and publicly accountable. Infrastructure Ontario is a Crown corporation dedicated to managing some of the province's larger and more complex infrastructure renewal projects - ensuring they are built on time and on budget.
Visit www.infrastructureontario.ca for more information.
Contacts
Amy Tang
Minister's Office
Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure
416-327-6747
Gerard Power
Humber River Regional Hospital
416-243-4448
Jennifer Sclisizzi
Infrastructure Ontario
416-325-7409
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