MINISTRY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR KGH We’ve reached an important milestone on the path to redevelopment... and space requirements. It describes departmental and service relationships and locations, and describes architectural and environmental conditions. It forms the basis for and an estimate of the operating and capital funding requirements necessary to carry out the project.
MPP Sophie Kiwala and Denise Cumming of UHKF celebrate recent achievements and milestones for the Kingston hospitals.
University Hospitals Kingston Foundation is pleased to share with our supporters and champions the exciting news that the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care has recently announced a planning grant for Kingston General Hospital (KGH). The $2.5 million grant will be used to develop a Functional Program Submission for major hospital redevelopment projects proposed for KGH.
projects” – to be completed in the coming years. The list includes clinical diagnostic laboratories, operating suites, emergency department facilities, birthing suites and the Neonatal Intensive Care unit at KGH.
Many of you will know that KGH’s leadership team has identified several major capital projects – known collectively as our “Phase II
A functional program submission defines the clinical programs and services being proposed, associated workload, staffing, equipment
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With this Ministry announcement, KGH will now be in a position to begin developing “a functional program submission” for all of these areas.
The development of this submission is a crucial milestone for KGH to pass in seeking Ministry approval and funding for these major building projects. We are thrilled to have the Ministry’s support for this critical next step toward redeveloping facilities at KGH.
THANK YOU, SOPHIE! Our MPP Sophie Kiwala played a particularly important role in advocating a planning grant for the Phase II projects with the Ministry. We are grateful for her leadership and her ongoing, compassionate concern for the well-being of patients from across our region.