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The Ontario Government announced it will invest up to $60 million to support the construction of the Garry Hurvitz Brain Sciences Centre, a new, state-of-the-art facility dedicated to brain and mental health at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.
"Investing in the new Garry Hurvitz Brain Sciences Centre at Sunnybrook, the first centre of its kind in Canada, is part of our plan to end hallway health care and support innovation and integrated care," said Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health. "This project will help bring together key services currently scattered throughout the aging hospital. It will add more beds, expand outpatient clinic services, support better integrated care and provide doctors and researchers with the right tools, equipment and space to make new discoveries that could significantly improve quality of life and even save lives."
“Sunnybrook is deeply grateful to the province for their tremendous investment. The Garry Hurvitz Brain Sciences Centre will be an essential, leading-edge resource for brain and mental health care in Ontario and beyond,” said Dr. Andy Smith, president and CEO of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in a release.
Expected to be completed by December 2022, the new centre will bring together health care teams from across the brain sciences field such as psychiatry, neurology, imaging, neurosurgery and geriatric medicine. The three-storey building will span about 121,000 square feet.
The new centre will be the first collaborative space in Canada that will directly connect experts across the brain sciences in a cutting-edge facility, from psychiatry, neurology, imaging, pharmacology, neurosurgery, geriatric health and beyond. Mental and physical health will be integrated with a more holistic focus and approach to treating the brain, body and mind.
“This bold new beginning will bring researchers and clinicians together under one roof in a hub of innovation and groundbreaking discovery,” said Dr. Anthony Levitt, chief of Sunnybrook’s Hurvitz Brain Sciences Program in a release. “This will advance the diagnosis, treatment, prevention and potential cures for brain disorders, and accelerate the discovery of personalized and precise treatments for patients across the age spectrum, from youth, into adulthood and the elderly.”
The province’s announcement comes as part of its commitments to invest $27 billion over 10 years to build new and expanded hospital infrastructure, and $3.8 billion over the same period to develop and implement a comprehensive and connected mental health and addictions system.