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Province announces $227 million over three years for new Corner Brook hospital

Premier on hospital

Premier Kathy Dunderdale announced plans for a new hospital in Corner Brook this morning.

Transcontinental Media
Published on March 20, 2013
Published on March 20, 2013
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Corner Brook hospital , Corner Brook , Lewin Parkway

The province will allot $227 million over next three years to build a hospital in Corner Brook. Construction will begin in 2015.

The provincial government announced the plans this morning at a news conference attended by Premier Kathy Dunderdale, Health Minister Susan Sullivan and area MHAs.

Next week's provincial budget will include money for further design and planning. The total cost of the project will run between $500 million-$600 million.

The hospital was announced in 2007. In 2010 the province committed to starting construction by summer of 2012. But despite spending $20 million on the project in the last couple of years, construction has not been ready to start.

The site between Cpl. Pinksen Memorial Drive and the Lewin Parkway has been cleared and shaped, and water and sewer extended to it. However, the design for the facility has yet to be decided and the province has been reviewing a master program report on the hospital.

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    Tony
    - March 21, 2013 at 10:34:38

    EMILY, Have you ever been to St. John's? Please, biggest infrstructure project ever in the Province. I think you need to get our of Corner Brook and take a visit to the Avalon.

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    Emily
    - March 20, 2013 at 21:45:47

    Great news! This is probably the biggest infrastructure investment ever in this province. Kudos to the government.

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      david
      - March 21, 2013 at 02:46:34

      Well, if you want to throw around the hyperbolic "probablies" : this is probably the most transparent, duplicitous, contemptuous piece of (re-run!) bush league vote-buying in the history of Newfoundland...and that's saying something.

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    Ben
    - March 20, 2013 at 21:40:49

    My god I have never seen such ungrateful people! If I was the Premier I would have just scrapped the whole thing! Really give the people something to complain about.

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    Ryan
    - March 20, 2013 at 21:22:42

    Derek, you're not stupid. You are gullible. NDP in 2015.

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    Derek
    - March 20, 2013 at 17:14:34

    Maybe I'm stupid, but the announcement of 227 million towards a 600 million dollar hospital don't warrant the 9 negative comments above. Thank you premier.

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      david
      - March 20, 2013 at 18:27:26

      Et voila...vote #1, bought-and-not-paid-for. Like shooting fish in a barrel.

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    Henry
    - March 20, 2013 at 16:18:56

    Balony, a down sized. Hospital. A far cry from the one promised from the artist conception as shown to us by Tom Marshall. A few years ago. Let them eat cake!! and we have to wait until the 2015 election year to have it started. I guess the platform for Granter will be. You have to vote for me and the PC party to get it. I do not like this type of politics at the expense of our health care. Delay Delay and Delay Time to go Kathy Dunderdale, I could never vote for. Such a deceitfull premier and PC party.

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      J
      - March 20, 2013 at 23:39:54

      What this hospital was first announced it was only susposed to cost $150 million in 2007. To mke the worst of it CornerBrook does not even need a new hospital. Seeing the the current facility is only 34 years old.

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    derrick
    - March 20, 2013 at 14:57:47

    We can wait 3 years for the start of the hospital, but can not wait 6 months for a PUB on the MF. We should give the 660 million ( nalcor) to the hospital, give Nalcor the 270 million over 3 years.

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    david
    - March 20, 2013 at 14:19:55

    So that fire has been stamped out, the file cleared off the desk.......let's get outta here! So, is this your thrift-store price, folks? An empty re-promise of an insufficient amount of money to "advance construction" (no finished, working hospital in that description, is there!?) starting in 2015...maybe. But if anything happens in the interim (like you have the temerity to not re-elect us), all bets are off. Again. Will that win them their seats? I'll bet they just found themselves another bargain. Baaaaaaaaaaa.....

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      Mike
      - March 20, 2013 at 16:58:03

      David, You are bang on with that comment. The Premier rode into town on a manure spreader dumped a load then hightailed it back across the overpass where the air smells better for her and the cronies!

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    johnie
    - March 20, 2013 at 14:13:30

    Coincidence with 2015 a election year,

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    ben
    - March 20, 2013 at 11:38:33

    Just another slap to the people of Corner brook and the West Coast. Seems they will use it once again to try and buy our votes.... Are we that stupid to fall for that again?

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    squires
    - March 20, 2013 at 11:21:04

    hope I live long enough to see it opened, really need it, the election is in 2015 as well, I wonder if this a coincidence

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    peter barry
    - March 20, 2013 at 10:40:04

    so we still have to wait another two years before construction even starts an an election year surprise surprise.mr marshall was right when he said he would not retire until construction starts. another surprise.i hope the people here on the west coast remember this in 2015 and not be fooled.

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    Tony
    - March 20, 2013 at 10:14:00

    Perfect timing, start it in two years and use it as a carrot for votes in the next provincial election. Love seeing the politics well and alive.

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    mainlander
    - March 20, 2013 at 10:02:46

    Optimistically the hospital should be open by 2020.

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