Premier Ford attends CMH ribbon cutting, discusses decision to ban international students from Ont. medical schools [Video]

Doug Ford addressed his decision to block international students from attending Ontario medical schools while celebrating the expansion of a Cambridge, Ont. hospital.

The Premier stopped at Cambridge Memorial Hospital on Friday to cut the ribbon on a new wing.

The provincial government invested over $220 million into renovating the 400,000 square foot space, which includes an expanded emergency department, surgical suites, a new ICU and 52 inpatient beds.

“It will empower our skilled physicians, clinicians and staff to continue delivering world class care,” said Colleen Bull, chair of the patient and family advisory council. “This space is for the generations who built this city and for those who will find care and compassion in wing B.”

The new wing at CMH will also include enhanced laboratory and diagnostic imagining departments, as well as state-of-the-art birthing suites, three radiology rooms and a new nuclear medicine unit to help detect and treat cancer and other diseases.

Officials believe the hospital will be able to care for 30 per cent more patients thanks to the …