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'state-of-the-art' ott. health hub marks official opening

the hub now offers seniors’ services, medical imaging, rehabilitation services, some mental health and wellness services, some specialty clinics, care co-ordination and a mobility aids store.

by ottawa citizen

oct 5 2021
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by: megan gillis
the $88-million orléans health hub, which puts bilingual specialized and community-based care for people in ottawa’s east end under one roof, had its official opening monday.
it was an occasion marked “with a great sense of pride” by people representing the partners in what was billed in a release as “a unique and innovative model.”
those partners include the bruyère hospital, youth services bureau of ottawa, cheo, the eastern ottawa resource centre, the montfort hospital, paramed, ottawa public health, geronto-psychiatry community services of ottawa and home and community care support services champlain.
the “state-of-the-art” facility at 2225 mer-bleue rd. at brian coburn boulevard had a soft opening in june, two years after the ground-breaking. construction stayed on schedule despite the covid-19 pandemic.
“we are grateful to the province for its investment to bring integrated health and community services closer to home,” michael lindsay, president and ceo of infrastructure ontario, said in the release.
he thanked montfort, construction company ellisdon and “everyone who worked tirelessly to ensure the hub opened its doors on schedule while navigating a global pandemic.”
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the hub now offers seniors’ services, medical imaging, rehabilitation services, some mental health and wellness services, some specialty clinics, care co-ordination and a mobility aids store.

a laboratory, a café, more mental health and wellness services, additional medical imaging capacity and montfort specialty clinics are scheduled to open soon. all family doctors in the region can refer their patients for community and specialty services. a complete list of services is on the hub’s website .

“at orléans health hub, we have services for the whole family,” marc-andré sabourin, clinical manager, ambulatory care at montfort, said in an interview at the opening. “we’ll start soon offering services for pediatrics, we go up into adulthood to geriatrics.”
the aim is integrated care with physicians and allied health professionals as well as support staff there to guide people through the care and services they need, he said.
“we’re very lucky to have our partners here and to be able to co-ordinate and integrate the care so it’s seamless in the transition, so there is no information that’s lost,” sabourin said.
“we can go up, knock on the door for the home and community services, introduce a family member, a patient, and they leave with detailed information as to what their next steps are, what the plan is for their care.”
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meanwhile, what’s described as “the most important fundraising campaign in the history of the montfort foundation” will be launched oct. 16  to benefit the hub’s programs and mission.
for now, only clients and people with an appointment can enter the building but an open house is slated for spring if the pandemic situation allows.

in 2019, after more than a decade of planning, supporters celebrated the start of construction of the health centre with a funding commitment from the ontario government.

at the time, health minister christine elliott called the project unique and a model that could serve as a template for other communities as the province works to build a more integrated health system.

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