TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – Aug. 30, 2010) – Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre will offer people a sneak peak of its greatly anticipated, new birthing facilities and neonatal intensive care units. Sunnybrook’s new facilities encompass more than 120,000 sq. ft. of space making it one of the largest and most comprehensive facilities of its kind in Canada. The Women & Babies Program will deliver 4,250 babies every year in this new space and will care for 1 of every 5 babies born in Ontario who weigh less than 3 pounds.
| WHAT: | Welcome ceremony for Sunnybrook’s new Women & Babies Program and tour of the new facilities | |
| WHO: | The Honourable Deb Matthews, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care | |
| The Honourable Kathleen Wynne, MPP, Don Valley West | ||
| Dr. Barry McLellan, President and CEO, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | ||
| Dr. Andrew Shennan, Program Chief, Women & Babies Program, Sunnybrook | ||
| WHEN: | September 2, 2010, 11:15am to 12:30pm | |
| WHERE: | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue | |
| Take the main M wing elevators to the 5th Floor | ||
| WHY: | Because no other hospital has anything like it. |