Note: this release is being shared from Simcoe-Grey MPP Brian Saunderson, with a quote from Town of The Blue Mountains Mayor Andrea Matrosovs.
Today, MPP Brian Saunderson joined the Honourable Sylvia Jones, Minister of Health, as she announced that the Ontario government is investing up to $95.5 million to build a new Collingwood General and Marine Hospital, connecting more people and families in Collingwood and south Georgian Bay communities to more convenient, high-quality care, close to home.
“Our government is making historic investments in Ontario’s hospitals to ensure people of all ages can access the care they need, where and when they need it,” said Sylvia Jones, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health. “Our investment to help build a new and improved Collingwood General and Marine Hospital will allow people and families in the Collingwood area to have better access to high-quality care in the community, for generations to come.”
This new funding is in addition to the over $15.5 million investment previously provided by the Ontario government to support the early planning for the redevelopment of Collingwood General and Marine Hospital. Detailed planning for a brand-new replacement hospital on a new site will create a larger, state-of-the-art space to expand services and ensure the hospital can continue to meet the needs of the rapidly growing community into the future.
“Delivering world-class healthcare to all Ontarians across our great province is a top priority for our government,” said Simcoe-Grey MPP Brian Saunderson. “This historic investment in the community of Collingwood and South Georgian Bay will make a much needed state-of-the-art hospital a reality that will transform healthcare for generations of families from the birth of a child to palliative care and everything in between.”
"A new hospital in Collingwood will make an incredible impact on South Georgian Bay," said Mayor Andrea Matrosovs. "This investment will allow our residents to access the care they need close to home and we will continue to be a community for all ages and stages of life. I look forward to working with MPP Saunderson, Mayor Hamlin and my fellow South Georgian Bay mayors on how The Blue Mountains can support the new Collingwood Hospital."
Once opened, this new hospital will include:
- Increased capacity with 132 inpatient, fully private beds, allowing the hospital to serve more patients and families
- Enhanced infection prevention and control measures to ensure the health and safety of all patients
- Expanded access to key services, including intensive care, emergency, diagnostic imaging and operating suites
The ministry will work with Collingwood General and Marine Hospital to complete detailed planning and design for this project. A construction schedule will be confirmed once future planning is complete and the project is tendered and awarded.
Through Your Health: A Plan for Connected and Convenient Care, the Ontario government is expanding and modernizing Ontario’s hospitals, making it easier and faster for people of all ages to connect to the care they need, closer to home.
QUICK FACTS
- The Collingwood General and Marine Hospital is an 84-bed facility serving more than 74,000 residents and 3.5 million annual visitors to the communities of Wasaga Beach, Collingwood, Clearview and the Blue Mountains.
- Over the next 10 years, Ontario’s investments will lead to nearly $50 billion in health infrastructure across the province, building 3,000 new beds in addition to over 3,500 critical care, acute and post-acute beds our government has added since 2020.
- The Ontario government is investing more than $228 million this year to support critical infrastructure upgrades and repairs at 129 hospitals and 58 community health care facilities across the province, a 10 per cent increase from last year. This includes over $827,000 to Collingwood General and Marine hospital this year.
For more information, contact:
Steve Cassar, Communications and Media Manager
Office of MPP Brian Saunderson
(705) 428-2134
[email protected]