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CEO Blog - Identifying a Preliminary Preferred Site for a Future SMMH

President & CEO Cheryl Harrison speaks at a community information session.

Our redevelopment project for two new sites continues to move along as we work through what the Ministry refers to as the ‘Functional Program’ or Stage 1.3 of its capital planning process for hospitals until the early part of 2024.

This stage of planning has three components:

  1. Program and service planning to meet our community’s future needs based on population projections, and considering future changes like expanded technology;  
  2. Site selection for a new location for the South Muskoka Memorial Hospital (SMMH); and
  3. The financing plan for the community’s local share of $225 million of the $967 redevelopment project.

Most recently, our greatest progress has been to evaluate various land options within the urban centre boundary of Bracebridge to identify a preliminary preferred site for a future SMMH Site.  In Huntsville, the property at 100 Frank Miller Drive is large enough for us to build a new hospital on the existing land, so no site selection is necessary.  Read more...

Contact Us

Huntsville District Memorial Hospital Site
100 Frank Miller Drive, Huntsville, ON P1H 1H7
Phone: 705-789-2311
Fax: 705-789-0557 (administration)

South Muskoka Memorial Hospital Site
75 Ann Street, Bracebridge, ON P1L 2E4
Phone: 705-645-4404
Fax: 705-645-4594 (administration)

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