Since mid-September 2024, 250 user group (team) members have been meeting with the Redevelopment Team and its consultant team to identify every program, service and activity that will be delivered in the new acute hospital being built in Waterloo, and the resources and space required to ultimately deliver those services.
When Slav Sapeta, who is Director, Patient Flow for the merged hospital, and Julie Weir, Senior Project Leader (SPL), Redevelopment Team first became co-workers in the Occupational Therapy Department more than a decade ago, little did they know that their experiences would be critical in the planning of a new hospital building in 2024.
Building a new hospital, like the delivery of health care, is a team sport. Many team members must work together and be involved to achieve success.
As a member of the St. Joseph’s Health System (SJHS), St. Mary’s has been a pillar of care in Kitchener-Waterloo for 100 years.