[Images courtesy Lakeridge Health]

Bowmanville Hospital temporary helipad at Haines Street

Bowmanville Hospital’s temporary helipad site has been identified on Haines Street, according to an announcement yesterday by Lakeridge Health.

Construction is scheduled to begin in July 2021 and is expected to be completed in October 2021.

In September 2018, the hospital’s helipad ceased operations due to safety concerns. Since that time, Lakeridge Health has been working with Ornge Air Ambulance Service, along with municipal, provincial, and federal government partners on securing a location, funding, and capital approvals for a temporary heliport site in Bowmanville. This temporary site will accommodate emergency air transportation until a permanent rooftop helipad is completed as part of the Bowmanville Hospital redevelopment plan.

In January, the Ministry of Health announced funding to move forward with the development of a temporary heliport site. A property on Haines Street, a five-minute drive from the hospital, has been identified as the location by the Municipality of Clarington and endorsed by the Ministry of Health, said a Lakeridge statement.

The site is located in an open field on the west side of Haines Street, east of Soper Creek Forest, south of the Bowmanville Cemetery, and north of existing warehousing. This site is within the municipality’s existing ‘General Industrial’ land use designation, it said.

A feasibility assessment has ensured the site meets all safety requirements and technical standards for both Ornge and Transport Canada. The heliport will be operated by Lakeridge Health and will be used exclusively to accommodate emergency medical air transportation by helicopter to and from the Bowmanville Hospital. Helicopters may approach or depart the heliport in any direction depending on weather conditions.

For over 30 years, the Bowmanville Hospital’s helipad has been used to urgently transfer critically ill patients by helicopter from the hospital to other acute care facilities. Access to air ambulance transport is an essential part of delivering health care services to the Clarington community.

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