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They are normally the patients you would send on a road trip: women in labour, women with high-risk pregnancies
and tiny preemies, some weighing only as much as as a bottle of water.
But in the most delicate operation of Sunnybrook's history,
dozens of these patients were transported nine kilometres in just three hours, from
outdated space at 76 Grenville Street
to a brand new state-of-the-art facility at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. Pat Moriarti
and his team from health care relocations started planning for this day two years ago. "Oh, everything's
*** on. It's been a great week, it's been a lot of work this week,
but it's fantastic. The staff has been unbelievable.
And hundreds of staff from Sunnybrook, Toronto EMS, and Sick Kids
had a hand in the September 12 transfer, which also included the use of ambulances
specialized life support vehicles and a bus.
It was an emotional day for patients and staff.
"There's a lot of emotion; I think a lot of people are really sad. We had a very tight-knit group there,
but a lot of excitement too. We've got a beautiful space. The babies are going to be so well served,
so we're all really excited for the changes." And the changes are dramatic. The new two-floor unit
spans out over one hundred and twenty thousand square feet of modern and bright space,
and will allow low-risk women to labour, birth and recover all in one room.
And in the new NICU each baby now has their own room
with space for families to be together. The move went perfectly and as the tiniest patients
settled into their new home
Sunnybrook's first baby in the new space was soon born, little Hudson, then the first of over four
thousand who will howl their first cries in these beautiful spaces.
Here's to new beginnings for your family and for Sunnybrook.
With Sunnyview, I'm Monica Matys.