A full replacement of the new Mississauga Hospital from Trillium Health Partners (THP) will rise 24 storeys and 2.8 million square feet to become the largest hospital in Canada.
Stantec was selected to provide planning, design, and conformance services for the project, which will offer a new kind of healthcare for a growing and diverse community in the Greater Toronto Area city.
The new, more flexible hospital will nearly triple THP’s care capacity and respond to future healthcare challenges, feature modern hospital facilities and technology, and reflect the latest standards in infection prevention and control.
It will continue to deliver highly specialized care through regional programs, such as the regional centre for advanced cardiac surgery and neurosurgery services among others.
To meet the needs of the growing Mississauga community, the replacement facility will offer more than 950 beds. The number of operating rooms will increase to 23, up from the current 14.
Mississauga Hospital South View.
THP’s emergency department, one of the busiest in Canada, will significantly expand to improve patient experience and reduce wait times. Also housed in the new hospital will be advanced diagnostic imaging facilities and a new pharmacy and clinical laboratory.
“Critical health infrastructure, like Trillium Health Partners’ Mississauga site, are essential to advance quality healthcare in Ontario and keep our diverse communities healthy,” said Suzanne Crysdale, principal for Stantec. “We are exceptionally proud to design a place which enhances community cohesion and where patients feel welcomed, safe, and comforted while receiving advanced care.”
Stantec’s work for THP includes two of several major healthcare projects the firm has designed in Ontario in recent years, including Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital’s new 1.2 million-square-foot facility, Cambridge Memorial Hospital’s new patient care wing, Brockville General Hospital’s Phase 2 Complex Continuing Care, Mental Health, and Rehabilitation project, and Centre for Addiction and Mental Health’s Phase 1C Redevelopment.
Where will all the doctors and nurses come from? I am currently in Sunnybrook Hospital and they have a great shortage of nurses. The new Vaughn hospital is severely under staffed. You will have to significantly increase salaries and mount a big recruitment drive to avoid the lack of nurses as they have left or gone to the private sector.