Wait time for new Edmonton hospital will be nearly a decade, province says

Edmontonians awaiting a “desperately needed” new hospital in the city’s southwest will have to stay patient for nearly a decade before the new facility opens its doors, provincial leaders said Tuesday.  
The massive, complex project requires three years of planning and development work before ground can even be broken in late 2020, followed by six years of construction time, the leaders said.
That means the hospital will begin treating its first patients sometime in 2