North Wellington Health Care (NWHC) has officially received approval from the province to move ahead with Stage 3 planning of the emergency and ambulatory care expansion at Louise Marshall Hospital (LMH) in Mount Forest.
NWHC has also received approval for new medical education space at both LMH and Palmerston and District Hospital.
“LMH staff, physicians, volunteers, and consultants, who worked on the Stage 2 submission, have been eagerly awaiting the [Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care] approval to continue on in the five-step capital planning process,” states NWHC CEO Stephen Street. “We are excited and ready to go with our next stage of planning.
“The design work will take into consideration best clinical practices, accessibility, infection prevention/control, and departmental flow. After approval of Stage 3 we will commence preparation of tender documents.”
The hospital hopes to issue the tender by the end of 2017, with the expansion completed by the end of 2019.
