Swiss bicyclist Daniel Maegerie grimaces as nurse dawn Johnson inserts an I.V. into his arm in the intensive care unit at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis on June 21, 2006. Maegerie, who is in the United States for the 3,000-mile Race Across America was hit by a motorist near Alton, IL on June 18. Maegerle suffered broken ribs, broken bones in his back and damage to his lungs and liver and will be tranfered to his home in Wintertgur, Switzerland by a special medical transport, later this week. (UPI Photo/Bill Greenblatt)

Ralph Semb, chairman of the board of trustees for Shriners Hospitals, told The Gazette newspaper in a telephone interview as much as $100 million will be spent on a new facility, with construction of the new hospital set to begin next spring.

It will house outpatient clinics, operating rooms and research laboratories, as well as beds for short-term stays, Semb said.

The existing hospital has 40 beds, but the new facility will have fewer, although Semb said an exact number hadn't been determined.

The new facility will be built adjacent to and in tandem with the future Montreal Children's Hospital. Gary Morrison, chairman of the board of governors of the Montreal Shriners Hospital said the two hospitals will attempt to avoid duplicating services and might even be heated by a mutual boiler system, the newspaper said.