New CIUSSS day care centre to open at the JGH

Attending the JGH news conference were (from left) Keith Hardie, Interim Director of Human Resources; Beverly Kravitz, Director of Human Resources, Communications, Legal Affairs and Global Security; Dr. Lawrence Rosenberg, President and CEO of CIUSSS West-Central Montreal; Alan Maislin, President of the Board of Directors of the CIUSSS; Luc Fortin, Minister of Families; Pierre Arcand, Minister responsible for Government Administration and Ongoing Program Review, Chair of the Treasury Board, and MNA for Mount Royal; David Birnbaum, MNA for D’Arcy McGee; and Lawrence Bergman, former MNA for D’Arcy McGee.

A government-subsidized day care centre will soon be launched at the Jewish General Hospital, with 80 spaces for the children of staff of CIUSSS West-Central Montreal.

Much of the renovation has already been completed to the interior of Pavilion N, a stand-alone building on Côte-des-Neiges Road, just south of de la Peltrie. Information about registration and a launch date is expected in the coming weeks.

At a news conference at the JGH on June 4, Luc Fortin, Minister of Families, called the new facility “a win for parents, a win for the employer, a win for the residents of this neighbourhood and, in general, a win for all of us in Quebec.”

At the JGH news conference, Luc Fortin announces the opening of a day care centre at the hospital.

Pierre Arcand, Minister responsible for Government Administration and Ongoing Program Review, Chair of the Treasury Board, and MNA for Mount Royal, said he is “very pleased with the announcement today, which will enable us to ensure the well-being of the employees and of the citizens mainly in Côte-des-Neiges, and to respond to what has been requested by a lot of citizens.”

Beverly Kravitz, Director of Human Resources, Communications, Legal Affairs and Global Security for the CIUSSS, said the announcement demonstrates “what can be achieved when we all work together as partners.”

Beverly Kravitz and Keith Hardie discuss the new day care centre.

Ms. Kravitz and Dr. Lawrence Rosenberg, President and CEO of the CIUSSS, also stated: “The well-being of staff, which includes work-life balance, is a priority of our CIUSSS.

“Since this day care centre will be located near the workplaces of many of our CIUSSS’s employees, it will undoubtedly contribute to improving the quality of life of the families whose children will be enrolled.”