MHRH redevelopment timeline...
GILLIAN SLADE
◗ 1889 construction of the hospital in Medicine Hat started on Second Street S.E. at a cost of $25,000 that was raised by the public.
◗ 1890 the 25-bed hospital was officially opened and patients admitted.
◗ 1894 the first school of nursing was started.
◗ 1895 the Women’s Hospital Aid Society was established and the Lady Aberdeen Wing for maternity was built at a cost of $5,000.
◗ 1896 the first nurses graduate.
◗ 1904 a nurses residence was built for $6,800 and then enlarged for $12,000 in 1912.
◗ 1948 ownership of the hospital was transferred to the City of Medicine Hat.
◗ 1953 the municipal hospital district was established and plans for a new hospital building were started.
◗ 1955 construction began on a new building on Fifth Street S.W.
◗ 1956 construction on a new nurses residence was started on the northeast side of the hospital.
◗ 1957 a 237-bed Medicine Hat Municipal Hospital and a 106-bed nurses residence was opened.
◗ 1963 the Dr. Dan MacCharles Auxiliary hospital was opened. ◗ 1971 the last class of nursing graduates took place.
◗ 1976 M.H. General Hospital and Dr. Dan Mac Charles Auxiliary Hospital amalgamated to create 337 beds for the M.H. & District Hospital.
◗ 1986 the hospital was expanded to have 446 beds and called Medicine Hat Regional Hospital.
Expansion of the hospital
◗ 2007 the Palliser Health Region Board asked the provincial government to contribute to towards an expansion of the hospital.
◗ 2011 a sod turning ceremony with Ed Stelmach, provincial premier at the time, and expected completion date of 2015 announced.
◗ 2012 (June) the Dr. Dan MacCharles Auxiliary Hospital was demolished to make way for the expansion.
◗ 2012 (October) Then Premier Alison Redford unveiled details of the expansion, construction budget of $220 million, and completion date of winter 2016.
◗ 2013 (October) the company that had the contract for concrete work went out of business and work came to a halt.
◗ Medicine Hat Regional Hospital celebrated its 125 anniversary in 2014.
◗ 2014 (March) media given first tour of the inside of the new wing.
◗ 2014 (September) Energy centre expansion and concrete superstructure complete.
◗ 2016 (July) landscaping done and new parking lot constructed. 10
NEWS PHOTO GILLIAN SLADE Larry Raymond, Alberta Infrastructure and Jason Bengert, project manager for Stuart Olsen, on the hospital expansion site March 2014.
◗ 2016 (November) Alberta Infrastructure expected to hand over to AHS by year end.
◗ 2017 (January) not yet handed over to AHS and helipad not yet approved by Transport Canada.
◗ 2017 (January) official opening date not yet known.
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