11 area mayors endorse Campbellford Memorial Hospital redevelopment plan
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Campbellford Memorial Hospital proposes to redevelop the facility into a 'campus of care,' bringing together a number of health services, long-term care, senior housing and more.
Eleven area mayors have extended formal support for the redevelopment of Campbellford Memorial Hospital.
On Wednesday, the hospital announced the mayors have written letters to Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott and area MPPs requesting the province focus on redeveloping the 34-bed hospital located in the Municipality of Trent Hills, 55 kilometres southeast of Peterborough. The hospital says it serves 300,000 area residents and a large seasonal population.
Mayors from Peterborough County and Northumberland County, along with the townships of Alnwick/Haldimand, Asphodel-Norwood, Havelock-Belmont-Methuen, Madoc and Stirling-Rawdon and the municipalities of Brighton, Centre Hastings, Marmora and Lake, and Trent Hills, have endorsed redeveloping the hospital, which opened in 1953. The last major renovation/addition was in 1986 with some of the oldest sections of the facility — inpatient units, ambulatory care, surgical suite/day surgery — now exceeding 60 years in age.
CMH says it currently facing more than $25 million in facility repairs and replacements that will be needed over the next 25 years.
Plans include the redevelopment of the hospital as part of a “campus of care,” which aims to bring together health care, long-term care, affordable senior housing and services, mental health, primary care and other services.
The hospital says an application for a capital planning grant for the project is pending approval from the Ministry of Health.
“The unanimous support of our partners in municipal and regional governments demonstrates the importance of, and their commitment to, this redevelopment project,” stated Eric Hanna, hospital interim president and CEO. “We need the provincial government to recognize the urgency behind this project and I want to thank all the municipal leaders who are helping us in that work.”
Trent Hills Mayor Bob Crate — also warden of Northumberland County — says the hospital’s redevelopment is needed as the area’s population continues to grow.
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