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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Thursday, March 20, 2014 | 6 Spotlight "Connected to your Community" New $2.7B-Oakville hospital prepares to open in 2015 by David Lea Oakville Beaver Staff A construction worker crosses the lower level of the new Oakville hospital now under construction on Dundas Street. | photo by Nikki Wesley ­ Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog or facebook.com/HaltonPhotog) T he new $2.7-billion Oakville hospital is set to open its doors in December 2015 on Dundas Street at Third Line. On opening day, the state-of-the-art facility will have 320 beds. However, just a year later, that number will begin to quickly swell, such that there will be 457 beds in six years and 602 beds in 10-15 years. When complete, the 1.6-million-square-foot complex, whose total contract value is $2.7 billion, will house 39,000 pieces of medical equipment and be one of Ontario's largest community hospitals. "This will be a full-service, community hospital for Oakville and the surrounding area. It will be sized properly and tted out to meet all the diverse needs of the residents of Oakville," said Halton Healthcare Service (HHS) President and CEO John Oliver. see Family on p.12 Halton Hospitals Tina Depko-Denver Michael Gregory Lisa Tallyn David Lea Nikki Wesley Building Our Health Care Halton Hospitals: Building Our Health Care is a special Metroland Media West four-part project that explores the critical need for, status and funding of numerous hospital expansion/construction projects in Halton's four municipalities -- Oakville, Burlington, Milton and Georgetown. The series will run across four weeks in our Thursday edition beginning today with a look at Oakville's new hospital. For all the stories, photos and video, visit www.oakvillebeaver.com and www.insidehalton.com/video/4395970. NEIL OLIVER Vice­President and Group Publisher DAVID HARVEY Regional General Manager JILL DAVIS Halton Region Editor in Chief Volume 52 | Number 34 447 Speers Road, Oakville ON (905) 845-3824 Oakville Beaver is a member of the Ontario Press Council. The council is located at 80 Gould St., Suite 206, Toronto, Ont., M5B 2M7. Phone (416) 340-1981. Advertising is accepted on the condition that, in the event of a typographical error, that portion of advertising space occupied by the erroneous item, together with a reasonable allowance for signature, will not be charged for, but the balance of the advertisement will be paid for at the applicable rate. The publisher reserves the right to categorize advertisements or decline. Editorial and advertising content of the Oakville Beaver is protected by copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited. Editorial Department: (905) 632-0588 Advertising Department (905) 845-3824 Classi ed Advertising: (905) 632-4444 Circulation: 5300 Harvester Rd., Burlington (905) 631-6095 DANIEL BAIRD Director of Advertising ANGELA BLACKBURN Managing Editor