Province working to improve health care
Early this month Minister George Smitherman took the necessary step of appointing a supervisor at Brampton Civic Hospital (part of William Osler) to look into questions raised at this facility in effort to get answers for the community. In doing so, not only has the Minister of Health responded to the specific situation raised at Brampton Civic, but he has once again, demonstrated our government's ongoing commitment to quality health care for all Ontarians.
In four years, we've worked to improve Ontarians' health by building and expanding hospitals, hiring nurses and training more doctors. At the same time, we've worked to promote wellness and prevent illness, and deliver shorter wait times for key medical procedures.
In Etobicoke, the Trillium Health Centre is undergoing a major transformation, which includes expansion of the ambulatory surgical care facilities, redevelopment of the Urgent Care Centre and the creation of a cancer detection and treatment facility at the Queensway site.
But we've also worked to increase better access to health care providers and services with the introduction of family health teams, newborn screening and vaccinations in the early years, as well as a comprehensive wait time strategy to address the varied health needs of the community.
We've seen remarkable changes in our health care system because our government has made health a priority.
In and around Etobicoke - at Trillium and St. Joseph's Health Centre, at the Dorothy Ley Hospice, in our long-term care homes, at our community health centres-reinvestments have been and continue to be made to improve the health of all Ontarians.
Laurel Broten, MPP
Etobicoke-Lakeshore
