Supervisor Ann Marie Palmer and Registered Nurse Gwynn Fernandez collaborating on patient care.
Supervisor Ann Marie Palmer and Registered Nurse Gwynn Fernandez collaborating on patient care.

What’s ahead at Michael Garron Hospital

With major developments underway throughout East Toronto, our community is poised for growth in the coming years. To ensure everyone has access to the care they need, Michael Garron Hospital is focused on building capacity for more patients.

In the coming years, East Toronto will see significant growth with the development of Don Mills Crossing, Portlands and Golden Mile. Transportation improvements such as the Ontario Line and Eglinton Crosstown LRT will also add pressure to the system.

To continue delivering high-quality care to everyone who needs us, it’s crucial that we make bold moves. The time to build capacity is now. For this, we are focusing on four priorities:

  • Expanding operating capacity by building a dedicated eye surgery centre offsite, making way for more cancer surgeries and urgent, complex procedures at our hospital.
  • Helping people get the care they need quickly by investing in interventional radiology, a new CT scanner and MRI.
  • Re-envisioning healthcare by embedding scientists and processes in our work to help gather, apply and share learnings that will improve lives locally and in communities beyond our own.
  • Renovating our Stavro Emergency Department to create more space for our growing number of young patients and adding resuscitation bays for our sickest patients.

By shoring up capacity we’re advancing our role in the broader healthcare system, as Michael Garron Hospital is heavily relied upon by other leading hospitals throughout the city.

Our regional partners are counting on us to prevail. So are hundreds of thousands of current residents who trust us with their care and the many people who will soon call East Toronto home. With your help, we’ll be ready.


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