The Ontario government is continuing to protect local health care by investing $4,060,451 IN HIRF and $94,549 in CIRF to upgrade/repair infrastructure at Arnprior Regional Health, Deep River and District Health, Pembroke Regional Hospital Inc, Renfrew Victoria Hospital, MacKay Manor and ConnectWell Community Health in Beachburg. This is part of a broader $257 million investment to support critical infrastructure upgrades and repairs at 126 hospitals and 66 community health-care facilities across the province. Shown above at Pembroke Regional Hospital, from left: Dean Sauriol, Board Chair; Mike Godbout, Director of Facilities; Scott Coombes, Vice President Corporate and Support Services/CFO; MPP Billy Denault; Sabine Mersmann, President and CEO. (Photo submitted)
Funding is being delivered through the Health Infrastructure Renewal Fund (HIRF) and the Community Infrastructure Renewal Fund (CIRF), helping ensure Ontarians can continue to access the care they need in safe, modern environments.
“This investment of over $4 million in healthcare capital is a welcome boost for the Valley. Strengthening our local hospitals ensures these vital care hubs can continue delivering the best-in-class services our residents need and deserve. I am also grateful for the Ministry of Health’s support through the Community Infrastructure Renewal Fund, which will enhance two important community care facilities—ConnectWell and MacKay Manor. Both are essential in providing high-quality care close to home, and this investment will help them remain strong pillars of support for residents across our region. Thank you to the Ministry of Health, and to Minister Sylvia Jones, for their ongoing leadership in strengthening healthcare right here in the Valley.”
Billy Denault, MPP Renfrew-Nipissing, Pembroke
“Our hospital is extremely grateful to be receiving this funding which will be put to good use as we repair and renew some of our patient-facing infrastructure. With four buildings, varying in age, this money is essential to helping keep our operations going and keeping both our patients and staff safe.”
Sabine Mersmann, President & CEO, Pembroke Regional Hospital
The HIRF and CIRF programs enable health-care system partners to address their urgent infrastructure needs, including upgrading or replacing roofs, windows, security systems, fire alarms and emergency generators. This year, the Ontario government increased funding for these programs by 12.3 per cent.
“Our government is continuing to make historic investments to protect Ontario’s health-care system, ensuring that more people in Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke can connect to the care they need, where and when they need it,” said Sylvia Jones, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health. “Supporting infrastructure upgrades in Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke is another way our government is ensuring people can receive high-quality care, closer to home.”
Ontario continues to make historic investments in health care. Over the next 10 years, the province is investing nearly $60 billion on major health infrastructure. This is part of the Ontario government’s plan to get shovels in the ground on more than 50 major hospital projects across the province, which will deliver approximately 3,000 new hospital beds and build a connected, people-first health-care system.
Through Your Health: A Plan For Connected and Convenient Care, Ontario is expanding and modernizing hospitals and building new health-care facilities, making it faster and easier for people of all ages to connect to the high-quality care they need, where and when they need it.
QUICK FACTS
- Arnprior Regional Health; $396,720
- Deep River and District Health; $572,778
- Pembroke Regional Hospital Inc; $2,411,597
- Renfrew Victoria Hospital; $679,356
- ConnectWell Community Health; $34,870
- MacKay Manor; $59,679
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Denault,MPP B(2025,Sept.15) Ontario Investing $4,155,000 in Hospital and Health Provider Upgrades and Repairs in Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke – Nearly $257 million invested to support critical infrastructure upgrades at hospitals and community health-care facilities across the province [media release]
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