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Ontario to spend nearly $800 million on new hospital tower in Toronto – Winnipeg Free Press

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TORONTO – Ontario is spending nearly $800 million on a new hospital tower in Toronto.

The new 15-storey tower at University Health Network's Toronto West Hospital will have 82 patient beds and 20 operating rooms, the province said.

The project should be built by 2028.

A man walks into Toronto Western Hospital in Toronto on Tuesday. Ontario is spending about $800 million on a new tower at a Toronto hospital. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
A man walks into Toronto Western Hospital in Toronto on Tuesday. Ontario is spending about $800 million on a new tower at a Toronto hospital. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

The province says the new facility will increase surgical capacity by 20 percent.

UHN President Kevin Smith says the investment will enhance Toronto Western's ongoing work in complex neurological and orthopedic cases.