Aging medical facilities across the province are a significant challenge, that according to Karen McGrath, the President and CEO for Horizon Health.
Of the 100 facilities they have, some are in very good shape, whereas others require renovations, “For example, our Moncton Hospital has parts of it that were built in the early 1900’s. We are still using parts of that facility today,” McGrath notes.
McGrath says that is a prime example of a facility where parts of it are very old, while others are newer, but she admits that this is something that is being acknowledged by the province of New Brunswick.
She says upgrades will cost money, but if they were to do what is needed in all of their facilities, they would need hundreds of millions of dollars.