Ford says $ 18 million of the new funding will be used to make the emergency room at Peel Memorial Hospital a 24-hour emergency care center, and $ 3 million will be invested in strengthening the Brampton Civic Hospital cancer center.
He says the new investment is an addition to the $ 18 million funding announced last year, which also aimed to turn the Peel Memorial emergency room into a 24-hour operation.
Ford says the funding commitments are part of his government’s plan to invest more than $ 30 billion over the next 10 years to improve the county’s healthcare infrastructure.
He says his government plan will eventually provide 250 new hospital beds in the city northwest of Toronto.
“Of course, the construction of these new beds is only part of the solution to the problem, because each of these new beds, every additional service that is available, means that we need more trained doctors to staff them properly,” she said in a statement. Sunday morning.  conference.
“In this way, our government is adding 160 undergraduate and 295 postgraduate positions to Ontario medical schools.”
Health Secretary Christine Elliott and Brampton South MPP Prabmeet Sarkaria have teamed up with Ford to announce funding at the Peel Memorial Center for Integrated Health and Wellness.
Local officials have long called for additional health care services in the city of more than 650,000.
The William Osler Health System, which includes Peel Memorial and Brampton Civic, declared it an “Orange Code” in early January when the Omicron variant of COVID-19 erupted in Ontario as demand for services exceeded what it could offer. the city.
This has led to patient transfers and other measures, such as the cessation of scheduled surgeries to release capacity.
The Progressive Conservative government has made a number of announcements about health spending in recent weeks, with provincial elections fast approaching.
They include $ 17.1 million in the University of Toronto Health Network, $ 3 million in North York General Hospital, and $ 1.2 million in mental health funding in Espanola, OD.  and the surrounding area – all the last two weeks.
Ontarians are expected to go to the polls in early June and the official campaign is expected to begin early next month.
NDP deputy leader Sara Singh says Ford has delayed its investment in Brampton Hospital until shortly before the election, noting that these funding announcements will not be in the county budget this year.
“The overcrowding is disrupting hospital care in Brampton and families are sick and tired of campaign promises that never materialize,” she said in a statement.
“If Doug Ford was really going to give up on Brampton, he would have done it by now.  “Even this pre-election promise lags behind hundreds of beds.”