TORONTO, October 29, 2022 /CNW/ – The John and Myrna Daniels Foundation donated a lead gift from $52 million Establishment of the Myrna Daniels Seniors Emergency Medicine Center at the University Health Network (UHN). Largest single donation for emergency medicine in Canada will raise the standard of emergency care for older adults across the country.
The extraordinary gift will build canada First purpose-built emergency center for seniors with full Level 1 geriatric emergency department accreditation as approved by the American College of Emergency Physicians. Every element, from the lighting to the non-slip floors, is designed to meet the unique and most complex needs of older adults. A comprehensive research and training program combined with dedicated rooms, all dedicated to geriatric emergency medicine, will make this center the first of its kind in the world.
“The John and Myrna Daniels Foundation is honored to be a part of this historic moment in global healthcare. The development of the Myrna Daniels Seniors Emergency Medicine Center will solidify UHN as the nation’s leader in the care of older adults,” he said Ron Daniels, Executive Director of the John and Myrna Daniels Foundation and President of Johns Hopkins University. “It is important that we take a proactive approach to emergency medical care for our aging population, and the center is becoming a revolutionary model of emergency geriatric care that will become the gold standard both nationally and globally, transforming the patient experience, improving and enhancing patient safety patient-centric outcomes.”
Scheduled to open in 2025, Myrna Daniels Seniors Emergency Medicine Center will be housed at UHN’s Toronto Western Hospital and is being built at a critical time in history. Countries around the world are experiencing a “longevity revolution,” according to the United Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs. By 2050 it is estimated that 1 in 6 people will be aged 65 or older, many of whom will have chronic…
