However, according to documents consulted by Radio-Canada, the update of the project currently amounts to $ 3 billion.
A total of 720 beds are planned. The hospital currently has 450. The plan also includes 11 additional stretchers for day medicine, the addition of nine endoscopic examination rooms and 10 medical imaging devices.
Projections have shown, along with demographics and health issues [de la population], that it was a real need in the east of the island of Montreal
, explains Nathalie Chauvin, director of major real estate projects at the CIUSSS-de-l’Est-de-île-de-Montréal.
Nathalie Chauvin, director of major real estate projects at the CIUSSS de l’Est-de-l’Île-de-Montréal.
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The buildings could be erected in the current parking lots, but other sites are being studied to take public transit into account in particular.
We analyze areas within a perimeter of 2.5 km around the hospital […] for a realization as soon as possible, at the best cost
, specifies the director of the CIUSSS.
According to the document presented to the Minister of Health, the management of the establishment wishes to reduce the time taken to complete the project from 12 to 18 months.
We would like to start this project in 2026 […] with a horizon in 2030 maximum
, specifies Ms. Chauvin.
Currently, the project remains in the study
the 2021-2031 Quebec Infrastructure Plan and does not appear in the dozens of Bill 66 projects aimed at accelerating certain infrastructure projects.
The Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital is the subject of major renovations, a consequence of the government’s laxity according to the opposition.
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A dilapidated hospital
In 2018, during a tour of the main hospital building, the then CEO showed us five kilogram pieces of concrete that had come loose from the wall of the main building. The dilapidation was already evident.
As of 2016, the majority of the buildings at Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont had obtained the worst deterioration index awarded, namely an E.
There were problems with water infiltration in some rooms and operating theaters had to be closed due to ventilation problems caused by construction work.
Denis Cloutier, President of FIQ SPS-ESTIM
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The addition of 1,500 nurses
Denis Cloutier, President of the FIQ – Union of Healthcare Professionals from the East of the Island of Montreal, remains open to moving the hospital to another site.
If it’s to connect it to something like a subway entrance […] it would make access easier for the employees and for the population which is poor and does not necessarily always have a car
, says Mr. Cloutier.
The latter sees the scale of the workforce challenge.
We’re driving to a 350-375 bed hospital right now due to COVID, so if we’re planning to build something twice the size, me, quick quick, I’m missing 1,500 nurses
, remarks the president of the union.
The member for Rosemont from Québec solidaire, Vincent Marissal, also has a proposal.
Vincent Marissal, Member of Parliament for Rosemont, Québec solidaire
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At the same time as we are building, we will need to have a workforce training, hiring and retention plan
, he insists.
The member for Rosemont would find it a shame that we do with the Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital what we did with the extension of the blue line; We’ve been talking about it for 40 years.
It is a major hospital that is unfortunately not well liked, we cannot stretch that.
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