Redevelopment – Plans for a new Providence Care hospital
Our plan is to bring together the programs from our St. Mary’s of the Lake hospital and Mental Health Services site into a brand new hospital on King Street West.
Our redevelopment project is moving forward - the provincial government has awarded Providence Care a planning grant and the Ontario Realty Corporation has set aside land for our new hospital (READ MORE).
Now, we are waiting for our new hospital plans to be approved and added to the province’s five-year building plan.
Redevelopment at Providence Care is part of the larger redevelopment plan for all three Kingston hospitals – including expansion at KGH and Hotel Dieu. For more information, visit the University Hospitals Kingston Foundation and www.kingstonhospitals.ca.
In the new Providence Care hospital…
Clients of mental health services will access treatment in the same hospital as patients needing other types of care – thereby reducing the stigma often associated with mental illness.
Inpatient units will be designed with dignity and privacy in mind.
The design of the new hospital will be in line with modern approaches to health care: wheelchair-accessible hallways, bright living spaces and areas for group activities and gatherings.
Geriatric medicine programs – including the day hospital – will be located on the ground floor of the new hospital, meaning easier access for our older patients.
New, efficient rehabilitation space will mean more people can benefit from occupational and physical therapy after an accident, an injury or surgery.
There will be improved learning and research facilities – classrooms and all-purpose rooms to allow us to offer more educational opportunities to our staff and community partners, as well as maintaining our role as a teaching hospital.
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