“Thrilling day” marks ground-breaking for MGH expansion

Dignitaries flexed their muscles last week at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Michael Garron Hospital rebuild and addition program. This took place Wednesday — a day in the history of the former East General Hospital that president and CEO Sarah Downey called absolutely thrilling. The expanded hospital will contain 215 acute care in-patient beds with 80 per cent allocated to single-patient rooms with private washroom. There will be diagnostic clinics of all kinds community space, gardens and a children’s playground.