A BETTER EXPERIENCE Chaleur Regional Hospital in Bathurst currently undergoing expansion project A hospital in northern New Brunswick
and service delivery, with a focus
division with the Department of
is currently undergoing an expansion
on enhancing patient care. There
Transportation and Infrastructure for
and renovation project.
were five key priorities that were
the Province of New Brunswick. “The
addressed, including ambulatory care
new patient rooms will be primarily
and outpatient offices, implementing
single occupancy.”
The Chaleur Regional Hospital in Bathurst, NB, is the largest hospital in the northern part of the province and is part of the Vitalité Health Network,
an ambulatory procedure unit for outpatient procedures, creating an
the Francophone Health Authority in
electrodiagnostic unit, creating a
the province. As part of a long-term
gynecology and maternal newborn
development plan for the hospital,
unit, and addressing patient rooms and
construction for a six-storey expansion
the number of beds in the hospital.
started in 2017 with a specified
The expansion is taking place on the west side of the building and comprises of six storeys spread over 16,000 square metres. Pomerleau Inc. is constructing the $77 million project with Jacques Boucher Architect as
“There are 144 patient beds. The
the prime consultant. Several New
hospital has a lot of wards where there
Brunswick-based engineers are
The project was first identified in 2013
are four beds per room, and that’s
working on the project, including Roy
as part of a long-term redevelopment
really the old way of doing things,” says
Consultants.
strategy to incorporate changes
Bob Daigle, executive director of design
and advancements in technology
and construction with the buildings
completion date of September 2021.
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