Perth-Wellington MPP Randy Pettapiece is urging provincial health minister Deb Matthews to give approval for a new health care facility here.
“I am following up on my letter requesting your support to finalize planning approval for the Minto Rural Health Centre (MRHC),” said Pettapiece in a letter to Matthews. Pettapiece said he hand-delivered a previous letter on the topic to Matthews on Feb. 20.
“We need your ministry to approve this project as soon as possible so that construction can begin this summer. Timely approval is crucial to the success of the project,” Pettapiece states in the letter. He also asks Matthews or health ministry staff to contact hospital officials to approve this project “or to let them know when approval will be granted so that they can plan accordingly.”
The Minto Rural Health Centre is a proposed 11,000-square-foot health centre which would be located on the Palmerston and District Hospital property.
