New Centre to Improve Access to Care for Patients with Kidney Disease
March 30, 2015 1:30 P.M.
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Ontario is supporting the construction of a new satellite dialysis centre that will enable patients in Etobicoke to receive dialysis services closer to home.
The new centre will be part of the Etobicoke General Hospital complex, which is part of the William Osler Health System. It will include 36 stations to provide vital pre-dialysis treatment and haemodialysis, which involves filtering blood. It will also provide home dialysis training through outpatient clinics.
This new centre will help relieve pressure on other dialysis programs at William Osler Health System and Humber River Hospital. Construction of the project is expected to begin in August 2016 and be completed one year later.
Improving access to health care closer to home is part of the government's plan to build a better Ontario through its Patients First: Action Plan for Health Care, which is providing patients with faster access to the right care, better home and community care, the information they need to live healthy and a health care system that's sustainable for generations to come.
Quick Facts
- The Etobicoke satellite dialysis centre will have about 27,000 square feet of new space.
- Since 2003, our government has approved up to $1.88 billion towards capital projects at William Osler Health System.
- Our government has also approved $19 million toward planning and design costs for the Etobicoke General Hospital Phase 1 Patient Tower Project currently in planning.
- As one of Ontario’s largest community hospitals, William Osler Health System serves a population of over 1.3 million people living in one of the fastest growing and most culturally diverse regions of Canada.
- William Osler Health System is host to the Regional Chronic Kidney Disease Program for the Central West LHIN, one of 26 Regional Chronic Kidney Disease programs in Ontario and one of the fastest growing regional programs.
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Quotes
“This new satellite dialysis centre will help to ease a significant burden for patients suffering with kidney disease who will soon be able to access services closer to home. Today’s announcement demonstrates our government’s commitment to putting patients first, connecting them with quality services in the community.”
Dr. Eric Hoskins
Minister of Health and Long-Term Care
“Our government’s support for a new satellite dialysis centre will help ensure patients in Etobicoke continue to receive the kidney care they need closer to home. The William Osler Health System is an important part of our community, and this investment will help improve its dialysis programs.”
Dr. Shafiq Qaadri
MPP for Etobicoke North
“Etobicoke General Hospital’s new satellite dialysis centre will offer treatment closer to home for our renal patients and greater access to the services this community needs most. This investment is vital to our hospital and serves to create fundamental stepping stones that allow us to press forward with our exciting transformation.”
Matthew Anderson
President and CEO, William Osler Health System
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