New Gatineau Hospital | Proposed

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I would bet on a Hull location. At least I hope so.

They will be transferring a bunch of essential services including all childbirth there.

Right now one of the issues with the Gatineau hospital on La Vérendrye (where all births are centralized) is that it's a pain to get to from the western fringes of Aylmer.

If we put this new hospital too far west, we'll just be replicating the same problem but on the west side of the city.

It's quite the distance getting from Buckingham or Masson to Aylmer when a woman is in labour.

(Just as it is from Eardley in Aylmer to La Vérendrye today.)

Central Hull has the best transportation links to all parts of Gatineau and the Outaouais - east, west and north.

I also believe the old hospital in Hull will be turned into a seniors' long-term care hospital, or used as swing space for the health system. It won't be a full hospital anymore.

The one on La Vérendrye will lose most of its services but will still have an emergency room.