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 will add 12 inpatient beds (for a total of 26) to be completed in 2025. As part of the second phase, eight emergency department treatment spots will be added with a targeted project completion date later in 2025.
News
June 20, 2024 – Ashern Lakeshore General Hospital looking for Indigenous Artists Proposals for Mural
January 12, 2024 – Ashern’s Lakeshore Hospital Expansion – Construction Update
December 1, 2023 – Ashern’s Lakeshore Hospital Expansion – Reminder of Cistern Work affecting road access
November 23, 2023 – Ashern’s Lakeshore Hospital Expansion – Temporary changes to roadway and hospital access during construction
Feb 6, 2023 – Ashern’s Lakeshore Hospital Expansion – Changes to Facility During Construction (ierha.ca)
February 11, 2022 – Significant Investment to Improve Access, Enhance Care for Residents of Northwestern Interlake Region (gov.mb.ca)
Project Details
The project is being built in phases. The first phase includes a building addition to provide a new medicine inpatient unit. Once the existing inpatient unit moves into the new building, the unit will be converted to 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
Photos – October 2024
Construction Update – 84 % complete
Workers are:
- Completing finishes in patient rooms
- Finishing attic fire protection
- Finishing wall protection
- Completing dust free commissioning
