North Wellington Health Care (NWHC) will receive $1 million and Groves Memorial Community Hospital will receive $337,000 in funding from the province this year through the Health Infrastructure Renewal Fund (HIRF).
Ontario is providing $175 million in 2016-17 to hospitals across the province – an increase of $50 million over last year’s funding – to keep them in a state of good repair so that patients can continue to receive high-quality care in a safe and healthy environment.
Across Ontario, 135 hospitals will receive HIRF funding to support crucial infrastructure projects to extend the useful life or improve the quality of their facilities.
In Waterloo-Wellington, area hospitals received almost $9 million from the province’s HIRF fund for projects that include upgrades or replacements to roofs, windows, HVAC systems, fire alarms and back-up generators.
Ontario also plans to invest $12 billion over 10 years in capital grants to hospitals to build modern infrastructure. About 35 major hospital projects are now underway across the province.
Ontario is also increasing province-wide funding to hospitals this year by more than $345 million.
This is part of a total expenditure of $51.8 billion in health care – a two per cent increase over last year.
Increased spending on health care is part of the government’s plan to build a better Ontario through its Patients First: Action Plan for Health Care, states a press release from the province.
Officials say this plan provides patients with faster access to care, better home and community care, the information they need to live healthy, and a health care system that is sustainable for generations.
