Nearly $257 million invested to support critical infrastructure upgrades at hospitals and community health-care facilities across the province
The Ontario government is continuing to protect local health care by investing over $8 million to complete upgrades and repairs at local hospitals in Smiths Falls/Perth, Carleton Place, Almonte and Kingston, as well as ConnectWell Community Health. This is part of a broader $257 million investment to support critical infrastructure upgrades and repairs at 126 hospitals and 66 community health-care facilities across the province.
Funding is being delivered through the Health Infrastructure Renewal Fund (HIRF) and the Community Infrastructure Renewal Fund (CIRF), helping ensure Ontarians can continue to access the care they need in safe, modern environments.
“Infrastructure is a vital piece of the puzzle for our hospitals and community health centres”, said John Jordan, MPP for Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston. “We must continue to support repairs and maintenance, so that residents can access the care they need in an environment where they feel comfortable. Upgrading and maintaining hospitals and community health infrastructure is one more way our government is ensuring our residents receive exceptional care.”
The HIRF and CIRF programs enable health-care system partners to address their urgent infrastructure needs, including upgrading or replacing roofs, windows, security systems, fire alarms and emergency generators. This year, the Ontario government increased funding for these programs by 12.3 per cent.
“Our government is continuing to make historic investments to protect Ontario’s health-care system, ensuring that more people in the riding of Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston can connect to the care they need, where and when they need it,” said Sylvia Jones, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health. “Supporting infrastructure upgrades at hospitals and community health centres is another way our government is ensuring people can receive high-quality care, closer to home.”
Ontario continues to make historic investments in health care. Over the next 10 years, the province is investing nearly $60 billion on major health infrastructure. This is part of the Ontario government’s plan to get shovels in the ground on more than 50 major hospital projects across the province, which will deliver approximately 3,000 new hospital beds and build a connected, people-first health-care system.
Through Your Health: A Plan For Connected and Convenient Care, Ontario is expanding and modernizing hospitals and building new health-care facilities, making it faster and easier for people of all ages to connect to the high-quality care they need, where and when they need it.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
- 2025 Ontario Budget: A Plan to Protect Ontario
- Your Health: A Plan for Connected and Convenient Care
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