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Halton Hospitals: Building Our Health Care is a special Metroland Media West four-part project that explores the critical need for, status and funding of numerous hospital expansion\/construction projects in Haltons four municipalities Oakville, Burlington, Milton and Georgetown. <\/p>\n
A hospital is the heartbeat of a community. <\/p>\n
Its where babies take their first breath and where families say goodbye to loved ones. <\/p>\n
Broken arms are cast, chemotherapy is administered, blood pressure is monitored and hips are replaced. <\/p>\n
Burlingtons Joseph Brant Hospital, formerly called Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital, opened in 1961. <\/p>\n
As the community has grown, the hospitals resources, from staff to space, have been stretched. <\/p>\n
The 2012-13 fiscal year saw 13,258 admissions, 47,326 emergency department visits and 1,459 births. Approximately 73 per cent of patients live in Burlington. <\/p>\n
Joseph Brant Hospital is slated for a two-phase redevelopment and expansion, which started last year and will continue for the next five years. The end result of the more than $300-million initiative will be a new patient tower, renovated existing building, on-site health centre and parking garage. <\/p>\n
Eric Vandewall, president and chief executive officer of Joseph Brant Hospital, says the new facility will enable staff to provide the best possible patient care. <\/p>\n
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