The Weeneebayko Area Health Authority (WAHA) in Canada has given a contract to Pomerleau Healthcare Partners for designing, building and financing a new hospital campus in Moosonee.

The contract is part of the WAHA Redevelopment Project, which aims to enhance primary healthcare services in Moosonee, Moose Factory Island and the James Bay Coast region of Ontario.

Scheduled to be completed by 2030, the new regional health campus will expand WAHA's health promotion and capacity-building programmes.

The facility will also focus on improving primary healthcare services and provide better access for Indigenous communities along the James Bay and Hudson Bay coasts.

The campus will feature an acute care hospital, a larger 24-hour emergency department, a 32-bed Elder Care Lodge, 'state-of-the-art' suites, expanded mental health and addictions programming, residences for staff, and a hostel for patients and visitors.

Weeneebayko Area Health Authority president and CEO Lynne Innes said: “We are all committed to creating the most state-of-the-art regional healthcare campus possible and we are excited to reach this milestone in our redevelopment project.

“Our entire organisation is eager to begin the next phase of construction, which will drive us forward in ensuring the health and wellbeing of people in our region.”

Pomerleau is serving as the applicant lead for the Moosonee hospital campus project, as well as managing the facility's construction.

Kasian Architects Ontario and Bertrand Wheeler Architecture are providing the architectural design for the project, while PricewaterhouseCoopers is serving as its financial advisor.

Pomerleau president and CEO Philippe Adam said: “We are honoured to be selected to bring much needed and improved healthcare facilities for WAHA and all the communities it serves along the James Bay and Hudson Bay coasts.

“We look forward to working together with WAHA, Infrastructure Ontario, and the local Indigenous communities to deliver another successful project.”