The Corner Brook Acute Care Hospital project has been recognized with a Project Development Silver Award from the Canadian Council of Public Private Partnerships. Partners in the project include the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure, the Department of Health and Community Services, Western Regional Health Authority and the Corner Brook Health Partnership
The hospital will serve western Newfoundland and southern Labrador with the same services currently provided at Western Memorial Regional Hospital, as well as an expanded cancer care program with radiation services. This seven-storey, 55,741-square-meter 164 bed hospital will be connected to the 145-bed long-term care facility completed in February 2020.
Using the design, build, finance, maintain (P3) model for the project compared to a traditional procurement is estimated to result in a cost savings of $132 million. Over the course of construction there is an estimated $460 million in GDP to be created with 90 per cent of the workforce being Newfoundlanders and Labradorians.
This award comes as the result of the hard work and dedication of all three partners in this project.
Quotes
“Health centres such as the Corner Brook Acute Care Hospital are crucial to creating communities where residents are happy and healthy. We want to thank the Canadian Council of Public Private Partnerships for the recognition we have received on this project.”
Honorable Derrick Bragg
Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure
“My department has been a proud partner on the Corner Brook hospital project. The hospital is a welcome addition to the community. It replaces a piece of aging infrastructure with a new modern facility that will better serve the people of the western region for generations to come. This project has been a whole of government approach to getting the best value for our health care dollars.”
Honourable John Haggie
Minister of Health and Community Services
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