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by GILLIAN SLADE
he Medicine Hat Regional Hospital expansion, budgeted to cost $267 million and be ready for occupation in the summer of 2016, will not include additional
acute care beds but will create space in the old building for extra beds if required, says Alberta Health Services.
“The intent of the expansion and renovation was to build ambulatory care space and specialized service space and consolidate it all in that one new wing,” said Sean Chilton, senior vice president AHS South Zone.
“The redevelopment provides improved access to specialized care, outpatients, surgical services, emergency, maternal services and some building upgrades.”
A total of 54 beds in the old wing, currently used for ambulatory care and outpatient programs, will be freed up.
“That will allow us, as demographic needs are identified in the future, to increase capacity in the old part of the building,” said Chilton.
The scale of the new wing is now apparent. Construction has progressed
Construction continues on the Medicine Hat Regional Hospital expansion.
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hospital expansion continues
to the point of being able to identify the tall pillars framing what will be the new main entrance.
Vehicle access from the road is framed by six established trees that create a natural arch. Drivers will be able to do a loop, drop people off at the entrance and exit again.
Large brown brick cladding will finish the facade to the right of the entrance and a glass finish on the other side.
Some landscaping around the new wing will begin this spring.
Left of the main entrance on the main floor will be the sterilization unit complete with two dedicated elevators — one for moving sterilized equipment and the other for equipment requiring sterilization.
Installation of equipment that uses hot steam for sterilizing is complex and the process is expected to begin in early fall, said Larry Raymond, director of health facilities with Alberta Infrastructure.
“The surgical suites are the most complicated and then the sterilization unit,” said Raymond. “It takes six to eight months to get the sterilization unit up and running.”
On the main floor will also be the renal program and dialysis unit with increased
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