Plans for a new Providence Care hospital
Our plan is to bring together the programs from our St. Mary’s of the Lake Hospital (currently on Union St.) and Mental Health Services site into a brand new hospital on King Street West.
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Redevelopment at Providence Care is part of the larger redevelopment plan for all three Kingston hospitals – including expansion at Kingston General Hospital and Hotel Dieu Hospital. For more information, visit the University Hospitals Kingston Foundation and http://www.kingstonhospitals.ca/.
In the new Providence Care hospital
Clients of mental health services will access treatment in the same hospital as patients needing other types of care – thereby reducing the stigma often associated with mental illness.
Inpatient units will be designed with dignity and privacy in mind.
After it is built, Providence Care Hospital will offer patients, clients, staff and visitors views of Lake Ontario and the surrounding park area.
The design of the new hospital will be in line with modern approaches to health care: wheelchair-accessible hallways, bright living spaces and areas for group activities and gatherings.
Geriatric medicine programs – including the day hospital – will be located on the ground floor of the new hospital, meaning easier access for our older patients.
New, efficient rehabilitation space will mean more people can benefit from occupational and physical therapy after an accident, an injury or surgery.
There will be improved learning and research facilities – classrooms and all-purpose rooms to allow us to offer more educational opportunities to our staff and community partners, as well as maintaining our role as a teaching hospital.
