Letter to the Community from Osler and Osler Foundation

Serving one of the hardest hit COVID-19 areas in Ontario, William Osler Health System (Osler) and William Osler Health System Foundation (Osler Foundation) met the challenge head on, rallying with our community, government and health system partners, including neighbouring hospitals, to make sure that all patients received the care they needed. Thank you for standing beside us during the many, very challenging days.

While Osler’s health care heroes worked tirelessly each day to provide exemplary care to patients and families, we also looked forward to ensure our focus remained on the future health and well-being of the communities we serve.

Our future is looking bright. This month, Brampton City Council affirmed their long standing commitment to health care in our community, marking a historic milestone and creating a shared vision with Osler that will benefit generations to come.

On behalf of Osler and Osler Foundation, we share our deep and sincere gratitude to City Council and to the residents of Brampton for committing an unprecedented $125 million to expand the community’s critical health care infrastructure. The funding will bring the nearly 100-year legacy of Peel Memorial into the future with the construction of a multi-storey tower with 250 beds and room to grow, new and expanded outpatient services, and Brampton’s second Emergency Department. The transformed Peel Memorial Hospital will bring innovative, life-changing health care services for people in our region.

We are also strengthening the community’s health care capacity and continuing plans for a cancer care centre to bring expanded services, including radiation treatment, to Brampton Civic Hospital. Your support will enable our dedicated staff and physicians to deliver compassionate, world-class care to more patients in expanded, modern facilities close to home.

Today, as the community continues to recover from the challenges of the pandemic, our health care teams across Osler are deeply inspired by your generous commitment. In the time ahead, we will build on our exceptional partnership with the City of Brampton to further engage with the community as we continue to find strength together along this shared journey.

Thank you for your leadership. We are stronger together as we work to make the next chapter of Peel Memorial’s storied history a reality.