Peel Memorial Phase II Announced
The Province has announced it will build the second phase of Peel Memorial, effectively making the facility a full hospital, as well as committing to open an additional 37 beds at Brampton Civic Hospital in the next few weeks. Dr. Eric Hoskins, the Minister of Health and Long Term Care for the Province of Ontario, […]
Hospital Crisis in Brampton
This past week we learned that 4,352 patients were cared for in the hallways at Brampton Civic Hospital last year. According to a briefing note revealed by a freedom of information request and presented by the Ontario NDP at Queen’s Park, surge pressures at the Brampton facility have pushed occupancy rates to 114 per cent […]
Our Time to Help Peel Memorial
Almost ten years have passed since Peel Memorial Hospital was demolished. I remember walking into the hospital for the first time in 1984 when my mother was admitted to the Emergency Room for chest pain. I remember the narrow hallway between the emergency room area and the main entrance foyer. There was a seating area to the […]