We presented a detailed report with our concerns to Windsor City Council in August 2018. We knew 5 years ago that the infrastructure costs of developing Sandwich South would exceed $400M.
Read the full report at https://t.co/Z0RyMhcEBL
@holtformayor @meeshkaO Yes!
How much will selling the Met campus contribute to the build?
How much will it cost to keep an actual ER downtown with surgical suites, etc.?
How many long term care beds can be created downtown?
Actually, how many beds are empty now that could be converted to LTC BEDS??
@voteholtDOTca You'd think the so-called financial hawks would have wanted to know the financial (and other) impacts of the biggest decision in Windsor for the next (several) generations.
Of course, that report would have forced them to admit opponents have been right about costs all along.
This statement from @voteholtDOTca is a must read for all Windsorites. There are a lot of uncomfortable truths here about the hospital process.
More importantly, there are a lot of good ideas to help rectify those issues.
https://t.co/RyyjjOtDSV
The plan has always been for urgent care in Downtown Windsor, not an ED. This screenshot, taken from the Stage 1A/B submission to the @ONThealth, confirms it:
Brampton's current model is similar to what is being planned in Windsor (UCC downtown, exurban single site acute care hospital - read more at https://t.co/7dHe3ysGqe).
This is where Brampton patients are directed for their health conditions:
@schmidtcity@TheWindsorStar Or this one, looking at Brampton which has a model (exurban single site hospital, downtown urgent care) that we've been told to look at as an example of what we should expect here:
https://t.co/7dHe3ysGqe
@schmidtcity@TheWindsorStar We highlighted the fundamental differences between an ER and urgent care so many times since 2015, and the fact that urgent care is only intended for less serious conditions. For example: https://t.co/bAPUZ9WyOq
@DrEvdLinde@auscandoc@alandrummond2 Parents/pts have no idea what a CTAS 4-5 complaint is & even if they did, every EP has cases of a critically unwell pt who was triaged as a CTAS https://t.co/zTGpoYxsK7’s a game of Russian roulette if we start to triage away from ED to a primary care system that has ltd capacity
Winning the race to build hospitals is not dependent on considering it a “done deal,” but rather responding to valid criticism from the community.
https://t.co/lL9lxEf8z2
@Andrew_Dowie It's easy to say "get it done" when you hope to represent those benefiting most from the plan and don't wish to address the environmental issues relating to urban sprawl and floodplain development.
Importantly, 100k in Windsor West will lose access to healthcare services.
Many municipalities “have been burying their heads in the sand” about the hazards of floodplain development. But the risks are becoming increasingly visible, and not just when neighbourhoods are inundated.
Building on river floodplains has proven costly and devastating to Canadians. A new Globe analysis reveals which cities are most at risk https://t.co/VkBJqgFVpH
@ron_leclair The development of active farmland in Sandwich South for the new hospital will NOT be net-zero.
It will force more driving to access healthcare.
How are @AndreaHorwath & @OntarioNDP addressing its climate impact when an infill or brownfield site could have been used instead?
This is what happens at 1.2 degree of warming. Imagine what 2 degrees would be. It is time to join OCEC before it goes too far. #ClimateEmergency#onpoli#cdnpolitics
Thinking about our greed and privilege. #Windsor ON🇨🇦planning development of 900acres paving farmland for a replacement hospital overlooking city’s sustainability and resilience. We don’t exist in a bubble. Our decisions affect the world #ClimateCrisis#FoodSecurity#urbansprawl