Provincial government announces $7.18 million investment in Brantford General Hospital repairs

News Release

March 8,

2024 The Ontario Government is investing in the Brant Community Healthcare System (BCHS) through the Health Infrastructure Renewal Fund (HIRF) This additional funding brings the total HIRF investment at BCHS to over $7.1M and will allow health system partners to address urgent infrastructure renewal needs, ensuring excellent care delivery to patients in a safe and comfortable environment, according to this news release published by MPP Will Bouma’s office yesterday

“This boost to the Brant Community Health Care System is needed for repairs and upgrades for the Brantford General Hospital site,” said Brantford-Brant MPP Will Bouma. “Our government’s commitment to quality, public health care delivery will continue as I maintain strong advocacy for a new or redeveloped Brantford General Hospital.’ The news bulletin also shared comment from Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, Sylvia Jones.

“Our government is making investments to ensure Ontario’s hospitals and community health infrastructure continue to be stateof-the-art facilities closer to home. This funding will help Brant

Community Healthcare System address priority infrastructure needs so they can continue to provide world-class health care in the community”

“We appreciate that the Provincial Government has provided the additional funding for the hospital’s urgent infrastructure needs, including the necessary repairs to the service tunnel which failed in September 2023”, said Peter Quinlan, Chair, Brant Community Healthcare System Board of Directors.

“With the significant growth of our region, it is imperative that our facilities continue to be properly maintained while we continue to work with the Ministry of Health to advance our hospital redevelopment project”.

This funding builds on other historic investments by the Ontario government in the region, including last month’s announcement of $3 8M to connect more than 14,000 patients to primary care teams in BrantfordBrant, Six Nations and surrounding communities.

Since the launch of Your Health: A Plan for Connected and Convenient Care one year ago, the government has been making steady progress to ensure the health care system has become better equipped to respond to the needs of patients and provide them with the right care in the right place, faster access to services and access to an expanded health care workforce.