Quebec is beginning to test the waters in its project to build two private mini-hospitals. The Ministry of Health and Social Services published two calls for interest on Tuesday morning to hear proposals from potential partners.
The first two private mini-hospitals should be built, according to government plans, in the east of Montreal and in the Capitale-Nationale region.
In addition, we learn that the Montreal establishment would have an outpatient clinic specializing in geriatrics while that of Quebec would rely on an outpatient clinic specializing in pediatrics.
The two calls for interest posted online in the Electronic Call for Tenders System (SEAO) are intended to “specify the general conditions, the clinical concept and the terms of the project”, is mentioned in a press release announcing the Steps.
It is also specified that meetings will soon be organized with interested candidates to answer their questions after having read the documents posted online.
In a press release, the Minister of Health, Christian Dubé, described this first contact as a “significant step” towards his objective of improving access to first-line care.
Remember that the Minister entrusted the reins of this project to his parliamentary assistant, the Member of Parliament for Saint-Jérôme Youri Chassin. The latter claims to want to “identify the conditions for success” making it possible to “reconcile efficiency and innovation”.
Quebec reiterates that this private hospital project, whose care would be fully covered by the public network, is “one of the solutions” to “relieve the pressure on the health network”.
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