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Ontario invests $4M to expand Hospice Niagara

Ontario announced it is investing $4 million to expand Hospice Niagara by adding two new Hospice Palliative Care Centres of Excellence in Welland and Fort Erie.
The province says the investment will support the planning and construction of the two centres that will add 20 new hospice beds for all of Niagara.
“Expanding Hospice Niagara by building two new hospice palliative care centres is another way our government is building a stronger, more resilient health care system that is focused on the needs of patients,” said Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, in a statement. “This funding will provide more people with end-of-life care in a comfortable home-like space close to their loved ones and ensure that they receive the respect, dignity and care they deserve.”
The province say that once the centres are open, it will provide an additional $2.1 million annually in operational funding to support end-of-life services for more than 500 people per year at the two new centres.
“In our lifetime, we all experience death, dying, grief and loss,” said Carol Nagy, Executive Director of Hospice Niagara, in a statement. “Increasing capacity in hospice palliative care ensures that every person receives the high-quality of care they expect and deserve, for generations to come.”
Hospice Niagara currently operates 10 hospice beds out of its St. Catharines site.