Construction on the MUHC superhospital is complete and now doctors, nurses, and other workers will spend the next five months preparing for patients.
Health Minister Gaetan Barrette was among those touring the facility on Friday and he called it a first-class institution.
The superhospital was finished five weeks late and $172 million over budget, which is nine percent over the total cost.
When the construction was first approved as a public-private-partnership, the government of the time promised it would not go over budget.
Now Gaetan Barrette is insisting the provincial government will not blindly pay the extra cost, but will make sure every penny of cost overruns is justified.
He did not explain what would happen to the tens of millions of dollars allegedly diverted to Arthur Porter and others accused of fraud.
Barrette also reiterated that despite MUHC officials asking for an increase in the number of medical specialists working in the facility, the number of specialists would be lower than it is today.
"It was designed that way, it will happen that way, period," said Barrette.
The first patients are expected to move into the superhospital on April 26, 2015.
