Lakehead selected as preferred site for future hospital in Orillia

Lakehead University has been selected as the preferred site for a new hospital in Orillia, Ontario. The Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital (OSMH), which received funding as part of the Government of Ontario’s 2025 Budget, will improve patient care and access to health care in the region. “There’s a dynamic and powerful synergy between hospitals and universities that we’ve fully embraced in Orillia since the university first opened in 2006,” said OSMH President Carmine Stumpo. “Becoming next door neighbours would create infinite possibilities to advance those partnerships and progress for decades to come.”