Premier, health minister mark development of South Niagara Hospital

Niagara Health is marking the development of the new South Niagara Hospital with the raising of the final structural beam and provincial officials were on hand to celebrate.

In a release, Niagara Health said the new hospital will see more beds and an expanded acute care, allowing residents to receive care closer to home. The project is part of the government’s pledge to invest nearly $60 billion in more than 50 major hospital projects across the province over the next 10 years.

“With more than 150 additional beds, a 24/7 emergency department and experts across the spectrum of care needs, the South Niagara Hospital will provide convenient, world-class health care to residents and Niagara Falls and across the region,” said Premier Doug Ford. “Our government will continue to deliver on our historic hospital and primary care expansions, so families have reliable access to quality health-care services, no matter where they live.”

The province’s $3.2 billion investment supports the construction of the new 12 storey, 1.3-million-square-foot South Niagara Hospital.

South Niagara Hospital will include consolidated and expanded acute care services, updated infrastructure with high-tech facilities and ensure increased connected care in the region.

The new state-of-the-art hospital is expected to be complete by Summer 2028.

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The new facility boasts 469 beds, which is 156 more beds than the combined total number of beds in Niagara Health’s Port Colborne, Fort Erie and Niagara Falls campuses.

The release goes on to say that the new hospital will have a 24/7 emergency department, expanded diagnostic, surgical and therapeutic services.

Services will also include ambulatory services and complex continuing care inpatient services. The facility will also have New Centres of Excellence which specialize in stroke, complex care, geriatric care and wellness in aging. Improved infection prevention and control measures are also promised.

“Today’s milestone brings the province one step closer to delivering on its goal to connect more families in the Niagara Region, to convenient, high-quality care close to home,” said Sylvia Jones, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health. “The new South Niagara Hospital will significantly increase capacity to meet the needs of the region’s growing population, ensuring Niagara communities can connect to the care they need, right in their own community for generations to come.”

The new hospital will deliver a full range of acute care hospital services to the 450,000 residents across the Niagara Region.

This includes operating one of Ontario’s busiest emergency departments and providing specialized cancer, cardiac, kidney and acute care.

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