Ashern’s Lakeshore General Hospital Expansion
About the project
Construction on Ashern’s Lakeshore General Hospital expansion started January 2023. The new inpatient unit expansion added 12 inpatient beds (for a total of 26). As part of the second phase, eight emergency department treatment spots will be added with a targeted project completion date in 2026.
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Project Details
The project is being built in phases. The first phase that has been completed was to build an addition to provide a new medicine inpatient unit. Work is underway to renovate the former inpatient area into emergency department with additional emergency department treatment spaces.
New Inpatient Beds and Enhanced Services:
- Single storey building addition to provide 26 inpatient beds total, which includes 12 new inpatient beds (18,000 sq. ft.)
- All patient rooms are single bed rooms. This increases patient privacy and improves infection prevention and control. Windows in each room optimize views for every patient.
- Includes enhanced palliative care room with attached family room
- Reverse pressure isolation room that can accommodate bariatric patients
- New spiritual care space
- New occupational therapy and physiotherapy space
- Central care stations provide visible points of contact for staff, patients and families
- New tub/bathing room
Emergency Department Renovations:
- Expansion of emergency department to provide eight more treatment spaces (5,400 sq. ft.)
- Negative pressure isolation room that can also accommodate bariatric patients
- Dedicated interview/consult room
- Hallway stretcher bays replaced with treatment rooms
Artwork brightens hall
Indigenous mural artist Shawna Boulette Grapentine with The Healing Journey in the walkway to the new inpatient unit at Ashern Lakeshore General Hospital.
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