Cold temperatures at MUHC force staff, patients to dress 'as if they were going to Antarctica'

Cold air is coming from the underground parking lot, SNC-Lavalin says

It’s the first winter for patients and staff at the new Glen site of the McGill University Health Centre and some are complaining that certain areas of the hospital are too cold.

Battista and his wife are expecting their first baby in March.

While in the waiting room, Battista says he didn’t take his winter jacket off once, and noticed staff didn’t either.  “I saw them dressed up as if they were going to Antarctica,” he said.
SNC Lavalin, the company in charge of managing the building, says cold temperatures on level S-1 at the hospital are coming from the underground parking, which doesn’t have a garage door.
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