Joseph Brant Hospital Foundation Donor Report 2018 JBHF Donor Report 2018 | Page 4

From the Hospital
Dear friends,
Joseph Brant Hospital has been supporting the
Burlington area for more than 57 years. Since the
doors first opened in 1961, our hospital has served
this community and everyone’s personal health care
journey at every turn.
Thanks to your support, this past year we added a
chapter to our history with the opening of our new
seven-storey Michael Lee-Chin & Family Patient Tower.
With the addition of the patient tower, we now have
approximately 800,000 square feet of space designed
with the patient experience at the heart of everything
that we do.
This state-of-the-art facility has 172 inpatient beds, a
new home for our Emergency Department, and nine
operating rooms that are almost double the size of
those they replaced. We also have new and improved
space for our ambulatory care clinics, cancer care clinic
and diagnostic imaging unit.
On behalf of everyone at JBH, I would like to thank you
for your support of the redevelopment and expansion
project. It has been a massive undertaking to transform
healthcare in our community and with the incredible
support of the entire community, we have truly made
our vision for a new hospital a reality.
Our journey for continuous improvement doesn’t stop
with our new facility. We will continue to work hard
to transform and grow our community hospital with
the ultimate goal of becoming a recognized leading
practice Community Teaching Hospital.
And with your continued support, we will continue
to inspire a culture of caring to support high quality,
compassionate care and exemplary service, every time.
Eric Vandewall
President and CEO
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Joseph Brant Hospital Foundation