The Sudbury Regional Hospital will be receiving another $613,292 for capital repairs and upgrades, Sudbury MPP Rick Bartolucci announced Friday.
He made the announcement on behalf of Health and Long-Term Care Minister George Smitherman.
?This hospital and our community have, in the past, been through the ringer,? Bartolucci said in a release. ?While there is work to be done to repair
health care in Sudbury and Ontario, we are certainly moving in the right direction.?
A total of $60 million in capital funding - more than three times the amount spent last year - will be provided to all Ontario hospitals for projects
including: renovations to improve the condition and efficiency of clinical spaces, such as upgrading electrical systems; structural repairs, including roof replacement and removing mould and hazardous materials; upgrading heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems and replacing windows; and improvements to comply with safety standards and building code requirements, such as upgrading fire alarm systems and back-up generators.
Funding is being provided through the government?s Health Infrastructure Renewal Fund, a new funding method that will provide hospitals with
predictable year-to-year funding for renewal projects and reduce administrative overhead.
?This funding will be instrumental to providing a safe and comfortable environment for our patients,? said SRH president and CEO Vickie Kaminski.
?Improving the conditions of our clinical areas means that the hospital will be able to better support our physicians, nurses and hospital staff who care for our patients.?
In July, Smitherman announced an additional $469.5 million in operating funds for Ontario?s hospitals - an increase of 4.3 per cent over last year. Hospitals will receive a total of $11.3 billion in operating funding in 2004/05.
That?s in addition to a visit from Premier Dalton McGuinty earlier this year, where he pledged to fund 80 per cent of the SRH?s capital restructuring costs, up from the traditional 70 per cent.
