Sudbury Regional Hospital

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Sudbury Regional Hospital (SRH) is a hospital located in the city of Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.

The SRH was established in the 1990s as part of provincial health care restructuring program by the Mike Harris government. The city formerly had three community hospitals: Sudbury General, Sudbury Memorial, and Laurentian Hospital. The three hospitals officially amalgamated in 1997 into a single corporation the “Hôpital Régional de Sudbury Regional Hospital” but remained a multi-site facility. As a regional resource and referral centre servicing Northeastern Ontario, the SRH continues to provide hospital-based acute, transitional, rehabilitation and continuing care for over 600,000 residents across northeastern Ontario.

The SRH is currently undergoing a major expansion, which will consolidate all hospital-based services across three sites, on one site. However, the amalgamation remains controversial, with construction costs exceeding the original budget, outlined by the province, and the project is not yet complete as of 2006.