Critical upgrades and repairs are in the works for Timmins and District Hospital. Ontario is investing $2 million this year through the Health Infrastructure Renewal Fund.

“Our hospital operates in a 30 year old building, and this investment will allow us to make vital repairs to our aging HVAC system,” said Kate Fyfe, the hospital’s president and CEO. “These repairs will ensure that our hospital continues to provide a safe environment for our patients, their families, our staff and physicians.”

The funding is part of the government’s investment of over $208 million this year to support 131 hospitals and 58 community health care facilities across the province. Ontario’s health care system partners can address urgent infrastructure renewal needs such as upgrades or replacements of roofs, windows, security systems, fire alarms and back-up generators.

By the end of 2022, Ontario approved 50 hospital development projects that will build more than 3,000 new hospital beds in communities across the province over the next 10 years.