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CTV News
5 days ago
- Health
- CTV News
Cost to build Windsor mega hospital increases past $2-billion estimate
The cost to the build the newly named Fancsy Family Hospital in Windsor has increased 'significantly' with hospital officials not yet revealing the new estimated costs. The name of the hospital was revealed Tuesday in recognition of the late John Thomas Fancsy, who willed his $40 million estate to the Windsor Regional Hospital Foundation. In 2014, officials said the estimated cost of the project at County Road 42 and the 9th Concession was $2 billion. Through an agreement between the City of Windsor and the provincial government, the province offered to pay 90 per cent of the bill. David Musyj, past president of Windsor Regional Hospital and special advisor on the project, said the $40 million donation will go a long way, however over the past seven years construction and hospital equipment costs have risen. 'We continually have to revisit the cost of the project and when we do have more of a definitive cost, we'll be working with the community, the city, the county, and moving forward, but right now that is still a work in progress,' Musyj said. Musyj said government officials don't want to reveal the exact costs prior to going to tender to keep the market competitive. 'You could ask me today and tomorrow I'll give you a different number, but other than to say the number we were using before is significantly understated,' he said. Musyj said they are constructing a 2 million square foot facility, which is 50 to 60 per cent larger than Met and Ouellette campuses combined. 'It's not big for the sake of being big. It's big because we need the spaces. We need the single-family rooms, single-patient rooms, we need bigger Ors (operation rooms),' Musyj said. 'If you walk through the hallways of Met and Ouellette, you can see how cramped where we have equipment out in the hallways. We've got to get away from that, where patients and families can come to visit and not have to stumble over stretchers in the hallway.' Musyj said very shortly they will have more information to share about the project. In June, an update provided said the procurement process was delayed three months with the request for quotation expected to happen around September, and groundbreaking expected early 2026. Windsor Regional Hospital will also undergo a corporate renaming process to better reflect the evolution of the organization. Officials said the process will launch in the fall and will include significant community engagement. - Written by Dustin Coffman and Rob Hindi/AM800 News.
CTV News
6 days ago
- Business
- CTV News
New Windsor-Essex hospital to be named after local family with $40-million donation
The New Windsor/Essex Acute Care Hospital will be named The Fancsy Family Hospital. Hospital officials announced Tuesday it is in recognition of a transformational gift of approximately $40 million from the estate of the late John Thomas Fancsy. The gift announcement at the site of the new hospital was attended by members of the Fancsy family, Premier Doug Ford, Minister of Health Sylvia Jones, local dignitaries and community leaders, along with John's two beloved Labradors. Hospital officials said this donation is the largest ever received by the Windsor Regional Hospital Foundation and the largest publicly-known gift in the Windsor-Essex Region. 'John's legacy gift is an extraordinary act of generosity,' said Karen Riddell, acting president and CEO and Chief Nursing Executive of Windsor Regional Hospital. 'We are immensely grateful and deeply honoured that the new hospital will bear the Fancsy family's name.' The Fancsy Family John was a brilliant engineer who went on to join the family business after graduating with a degree in mathematics from the University of Guelph and a degree in engineering from the University of Windsor. As a wine connoisseur, he joined his brother Stephen to found the award-winning Viewpointe Estate Winery in Harrow. John had a passion for supporting local endeavours and was instrumental in establishing Essex County as a premier destination for wine enthusiasts. The Fancsy family has deep ties to Windsor-Essex and played a vital role in shaping the local automotive sector. John's grandfather, Stephen Fancsy, co-founded major auto parts manufacturing companies, actively growing the sector and employing thousands of people late mother, Antoinette (née Goyeau), came from a family whose roots date back to early French settlement in Windsor-Goyeau Street spans what was once the Goyeau family farm. She also studied nursing and worked at Hôtel-Dieu Hospital, now Windsor Regional Hospital's Ouellette Campus. John's parents, Antoinette and Steve, had a long history of quiet generosity in the community, a value they instilled in their children from a young age. Like John, Antoinette included a generous gift to the new hospital in her will, and upon her passing in 2016, she was among the first to request that donations in her memory be made to the new hospital. Guided by his parents' selfless example, John channeled his deep passion for his community into making a meaningful and lasting impact on healthcare throughout the region. As a life-long resident of Windsor-Essex, John was always looking for ways to help this area grow and prosper, according to his five siblings. They say his generosity is something John learned from his parents, and they are proud the new hospital will be named in their honour. In recognition of this transformational gift, the Boards of Windsor Regional Hospital and Windsor Regional Hospital Foundation voted to name the new hospital 'The Fancsy Family Hospital.' WRH said this decision is consistent with other hospital namings across the province and the approach is supported by the Government of Ontario. While hospitals in the province are primarily paid for by the province, the local community is responsible for funding 10 per cent of hospital construction costs, as well as 100 per cent of the furniture, fixtures, equipment, parking and shell space.
