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Ontario
Premier Ernie Eves tours the soon-to-open Critical Care Trauma Unit
at LHSC Victoria Campus with Dr. Frank Rutledge and Program Manager
Lynda Robinson.
January 27, 2003 - Premier of Ontario Ernie
Eves today announced major capital funding for the purchase of equipment
for use in new and renovated hospital facilities in London and elsewhere.
A total of $118 million in funding was announced province-wide.
Premier Eves made the announcement from the newly
constructed Critical Care Trauma Centre at the Victoria Campus of
London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC). LHSC received $25.6 million
toward a total equipment cost of $36.53 million. St. Joseph's Health
Care, London (SJHC) received $10.6 million toward a total equipment
cost of $15.1 million. The balance of the cost will be raised from
the community through the initiatives of both hospitals' foundations.
Joining
Premier Ernie Eves in the funding announcement (from left to right):
LHSC Board Chair Dan Ross, SJHC President and CEO Cliff Nordal,
MPP Bob Wood, MPP Frank Mazzilli, LHSC President and CEO Tony Dagnone,
and Minister Dianne Cunningham.
"Today's announcement brings us another step closer
to realizing our shared vision for the future of London's hospitals.
We are please that our professionals will be able to provide modern,
progressive care to our patients as a result of the provincial government's
investment in new equipment. We are also grateful to our many generous
donors for their ongoing support," said Tony Dagnone, President
and CEO of London Health Sciences Centre.
"We very much appreciate the Government's leadership
role in providing the resources to acquire the essential equipment
that our medical and hospital staff will need to provide care in
our restructured hospital system," said Cliff Nordal, President
& CEO of St. Joseph's Health Care, London.
This new equipment spans over 700 categories and
includes beds, monitors, respirators and wheelchairs. It will benefit
patients in a multitude of areas, including emergency care, critical
care, cardiac care, ambulatory care, diagnostic imaging, operating
rooms and women's health.
The announcement follows the province's commitment
in May 2002 of $211 million toward the funding of new and renovated
hospital facilities in London. The $369.5 million redevelopment
of London hospitals is the largest construction project in the city's
history. It is scheduled for completion in 2008.
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