WELLINGTON COUNTY – Over 30 new long-term care beds slated to open in the Perth-Wellington riding will be located in northern Wellington.
Perth-Wellington MPP Randy Pettapiece announced on March 25 that the riding will receive 41 new long-term care beds.
“These new long-term care beds will help alleviate hallway medicine across the riding,” said Pettapiece, who thanked health minister Christine Elliott “for moving forward with these long over-due beds.
“With this announcement today, our government is taking concrete action to modernize our health care system in rural Ontario.”
In a press release, Pettapiece stated the local beds are part of the government’s commitment to adding 15,000 long-term care beds in five years, bringing the total number of allocated beds to 7,232.
“We are proud that in just nine months, our government has fulfilled almost half of our commitment toward new long-term care spaces in Ontario over five years,” said Elliott.
“We will create a health care system that works for them and is finally centred on the needs of patients, families and caregivers.”
Pettapiece added, “We are putting patients first.
“With these additional spaces, our government is working to ease pressures on hospitals.”
Of the 16 projects, representing 1,157 new long-term care beds announced, Perth-Wellington will receive 41 beds over three different projects. Royal Terrace in Palmerston will receive 29 new beds. Saugeen Valley Nursing Centre in Mount Forest will receive nine beds.
