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Mackenzie Health made history yesterday when Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital officially opened as a full-service hospital for the community.

Today, Mackenzie Health became two hospitals and welcomed its first two babies – a set of twins – in the newly-opened Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital.

Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital is the first net new hospital to open in Ontario in 30 years, the first hospital for the city of Vaughan and Canada’s first smart hospital

After a decade-long journey, an incredible amount of hard work and the many challenges we continue to face with the COVID-19 pandemic, Mackenzie Health is excited to share that our two-hospital future is becoming reality.

Mackenzie Health and hospitals across Ontario continue to be overwhelmed as COVID-19 cases, including variants of concern, climb rapidly during Wave 3 of the pandemic.

On Sunday, March 28, six individuals received an injection of saline instead of the COVID-19 vaccine at the Mackenzie Health COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic. Saline is used to dilute the COVID-19 vaccine prior to administration.

Mackenzie Health marked an important milestone when we opened critical and acute care beds at Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital to support the provincial pandemic response. Read more

The staff, physicians and volunteers at Mackenzie Health are deserving of praise for their adaptability, flexibility, resilience and commitment as we support the provincial COVID-19 effort. Read more

While Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital opened recently, the Emergency Department remains closed. Read more

Today, Mackenzie Health officially opened its Vaughan hospital — Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital —to help address the surge in COVID-19 cases in Ontario. Read more

A Mackenzie Health telephone town hall welcomed almost 16,000 residents last week to hear about its response to the  pandemic and plans for the opening of Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital. Read more