Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre is “Officially Open”.

On Monday, May 31, 2004, the Honourable Dalton McGuinty, Premier of Ontario, the Honourable George Smitherman, Minister of Health and Long-term Care, Dr. Alan Hudson, President and CEO of Cancer Care Ontario, along with other numerous dignitaries, came to Thunder Bay to celebrate - amid trumpet fanfare and the skirl of bagpipes – the Official Opening of the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre.

Extolling its virtues, the guests of honour spoke highly of the “ fantastic, tremendous, extraordinary and wonderful” facility. For example, Health Minister Smitherman called the Health Sciences Centre “the pride and joy of the Ontario healthcare system.”

Significantly, Premier McGuinty announced that his government was “making an unprecedented commitment to cover 80 percent of the shareable costs for the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre.” In his address he said, “we believe that as a matter of fairness, given the overall cost of the project, given the capacity of this community to raise money and given the fact this hospital will serve the Northwest Region of Ontario, we should cover 80 per cent of the cost and not the traditional 70 percent.”

The photo gallery puts the celebration in perspective for you.

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