ckha-mental-healthThe Chatham-Kent Health Alliance is looking to the future as it plans a refresh of each site.

Supervisor Rob Devitt says the top priorities are Chatham’s emergency department, and the Sydenham Campus:

“There’s issues in terms of the size it was built for vs. the volumes we’re seeing today and issues with technology But there are issues at both sites in terms of building systems,” says Devitt. “The stuff above ceilings and behind walls; electrical, mechanical and engineering, so that’s where we are naturally starting.”

He says a big challenge will be trying to predict what the community and the hospital will need in the future, and planning accordingly.