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Originally Posted by whatnext
redevelop the site in stages, starting with a tower on the site of the Comox building.
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But Providence themselves don't want that. And it sounds like they
want to consolidate both hospitals. This outcome is their best case scenario, not something imposed by big bag gov't.
The $850 million scenario that you're advocating isn't an effective use of money vs. the $1.2B scenario for the new facility.
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The new site is off the downtown peninsula, period. In the event of a major earthquake this is a huge liablity for providing medical care to the downtown core and West End.
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Which is worse after an earthquake - sending people onto the peninsula to the old site for medical care, or sending West End people 3km east out of the peninsula for medical care? Remember that the hospital is currently serving far more patients from outside the peninsula than from within the peninsula.