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PatienTcentred design Inside the thought process behind the new Mental Health and Substance Use Centre
for almost five of his 35 years in mental Sherbrooke served its purpose rather “Decisions we’re making right now health care. “We plan to remedy that well,” says Mark. “But as a place for will impact mental health care at with our new Centre.” mental health patients — well, it has its our hospital for decades to come,” To get the new building’s design limitations.” says Mark Welch, Royal Columbian just right, the team tapped into “Sherbrooke doesn’t have enough Hospital’s Redevelopment’s Project their collective wisdom. “Nurses, beds or space, and the facility is very Planning Leader for Clinical Programs. psychiatrists, therapists, hospital outdated,” says Mark, “It’s a huge leaders, and support staff have all who has worked there responsibility, Overview of but also a wonderful plans to redevelop opportunity Royal Columbian Phase 1 Phase 1 Phase 2 to improve INTERIM HELIPORT REPLACEMENT PARKING PERMANENT HELIPORT our patients’ Hospital. experience and SITE FOR outcomes.” SITE FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT FUTURE DEVELOPMENT A new 75-bed Mental Health and Substance Use Centre is what Mark’s Phase 3 Phase 2 referring to. It’s the centrepiece of HOSPITAL RENOVATIONS NEW ACUTE CARE TOWER, EMERGENCY & PARKADE Phase One of hospital redevelopment Phase 1 Phase 1 and will replace the aging 30NEW MENTAL HEALTH AND NEW ENERGY CENTRE SUBSTANCE USE, & PARKADE bed Sherbrooke Centre by 2020. Sherbrooke was originally built as a Brunette Avenue nurses’ residence over 60 years ago but has been used for mental health patients since 1981. “As a nurses’ dorm,
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