OUR TIME UNDER THE LIGHTS Emergency physician Dr. Nigel Aspinall, perfusionist Tammie Fang, cardiac cath lab patient care coordinator Candice Clegg and emergency department nurse Gary Kainth are featured in a Foundation campaign to promote the $1.3 billion redevelopment of the hospital.
Unprecedented $1.3 billion hospital redevelopment is underway From its humble beginnings in 1862, with just 30 patient beds and one doctor, Royal Columbian has grown to become an indispensable leader in critical care, serving more than 1.8 million residents of the province. Now, our hospital is set to make healthcare history once again, as a $1.3 billion redevelopment positions Royal Columbian to revolutionize critical care in BC. When the multi-year, multi-phase project is complete, our hospital will be fully transformed and ready to cope with the needs of a fast-growing, dramatically aging and increasingly diverse 21st-century population.
• Moving the heliport to Columbia Tower’s roof, away from future construction cranes • An advanced IT fibre optic and utilities pathway that ties into city infrastructure and enables advanced health care technologies.
PHASE ONE: MENTAL HEALTH EXPANSION (2016-2020)
Phase one construction is underway and includes: • A new 75-bed mental health and substance use wellness centre with new and expanded outpatient clinics, Fraser Health’s first older adult psychiatric unit, and a psychiatric high acuity unit, all to replace the aging 30-bed Sherbrooke Centre • A new energy centre to replace the aging power plant and tie into the city’s future district energy system • New parking, including a 400+ stall underground parkade plus a temporarily expanded visitor lot onsite, and a temporary offsite lot for employees
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YOUR HEALTH MATTERS I ROYAL COLUMBIAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
Artist rendering of the entrance to the new Mental Health and Substance Use Wellness Centre.
