Work to upgrade Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital to begin this year after all
Under mounting pressure, the Coalition Avenir Québec government (CAQ) now says the long-awaited major renovation project at Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital will be able to begin some this year.
With the CAQ reining in spending in sectors like health and education due to budgetary constraints, the renovations at the eastern Montreal hospital — as well as several other government projects — had been postponed.
The criticisms over delaying the work at Maisonneuve-Rosemont reached a peak last week, when a storm knocked out power at the hospital, leaving the intensive-care unit and surgery block in the dark for more than an hour due to failing generators.
According to the Health Ministry, the CAQ government has found a way to reallocate the $19 billion it has at its disposal for major infrastructure projects in order to begin work at the hospital this year.
The latest development was first reported by La Presse and then confirmed by Radio-Canada sources.
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