UPEI to receive $19.5 million from Ottawa for new faculty of medicine building
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CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — The federal authorities has introduced a $19.5 million money injection for a brand new well being training constructing that may home the brand new college of drugs on the UPEI campus.
In whole, the power will value $48.8 million. The provincial authorities is spending $16.2 million on the mission, whereas UPEI will contribute $13 million.
The practically 133,000-square-foot facility will present coaching house for college kids of UPEI’s deliberate medical program, provided collectively with Memorial College. This system will begin in September 2025 underneath MUN’s accreditation and can later develop into a completely joint program.
The deliberate college of drugs constructing may have areas for simulations, medical coaching and educational anatomy educating for medical college students and in different packages akin to nursing, nurse practitioner and paramedicine.
It can additionally home the expanded UPEI Well being and Wellness Centre, which is able to transition to a affected person medical residence and on-site psychology clinic.
Extra to come back.
