Ontario will help build the new Toronto West Hospital Tower

The Ontario government is contributing $794 million to University Health Network's (UHN) new $1 billion patient and surgical tower, which will add 20 operating rooms (ORs) and 82 beds to Toronto Western Hospital.

“This hospital has served the province for over 100 years,” said UHN President and CEO Dr. Kevin Smith. “This investment will help improve our work in treating complex neurological and orthopedic conditions.”

Dialog, in partnership with HH Angus, is the lead consultant for the 15-storey project, providing integrated design services for architecture, clinical planning, interior design, landscape architecture, structural engineering and mechanical and electrical design. The tower's integrated design incorporates insights from surgeons, nurses, patients, clinical managers, environmental services, the local community health program, digital infrastructure teams, pharmacists, infection prevention and control, laboratory medicine program and medical imaging specialists.

The tower will replace a parking lot at the southeast corner of Bathurst and Nassau streets. Despite the limited footprint, the project will add approximately 380,000 square meters of clinical programming across 11 floors. Dialog collaborated with UHN's clinical and support services teams to expand surgical services from a new preoperative care unit (POCU) and medical device recycling department (MDRD) to a postanesthesia care unit (PACU). patient care and efficient staff workflow.

The tower will replace a surface parking lot on the Western Hospital campus in Toronto. Demonstrate politeness dialogue.

“The surgical teams were enthusiastic about input into the design of the new OR,” says Dr. Tom Forbes, UHN chief surgeon, “but they provided input on the design of the family waiting areas. They see firsthand the impact of limited quiet space.”

New facilities include critical care beds, single patient rooms for improved infection control, and image-guided ORs for complex neurosurgery and spine procedures. UHN plans to increase completed operations by more than 20% over the next 10 years to reduce the backlog.

Aiming for a 32% energy reduction, the project team will incorporate a high-performance building envelope, LED (LED) lighting, low-flow plumbing fixtures, air-side energy recovery ventilation units and UHN's new wastewater energy transfer (WET). heating, cooling and hot water system.

Toronto Western Hospital serves as a quaternary health research centre, teaching hospital, community hospital and research center affiliated with the University of Toronto (U of T). In particular, it is home to the Kremlin Research Institute, which deals with disorders and diseases of the brain and spine.

Construction of the foundation is planned for May. The tower is expected to be commissioned in 2028.