Selkirk Regional Health Centre Expansion
Now Open!
Eighteen inpatient beds are now open at Selkirk Regional Health Centre’s new inpatient unit with 12 more beds to open by November 4
Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority staff, community members and construction partners joined to celebrate the formal opening of the 30-bed inpatient expansion on Sept. 13.
This investment in Selkirk Regional Health Centre resulted in a significant expansion for the facility; increasing acute care inpatient beds by 30, expanding the treatment capacity within the emergency department, and enhancing Selkirk’s ability to treat and monitor patients. The emergency department renovation is completed as of March, 2024. The inpatient unit was completed as of September 1, 2024.
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Project details
Inpatient addition:
The main floor addition is 28,627 sq.ft. and provides 30 new inpatient beds and supporting services. It is divided into three areas – Medicine 3, Medicine 4 and a core area.
Medicine 3 (First patient day September 3, 2024):
- 17 private rooms with washrooms
- One bariatric isolation room
- Med prep room
- Therapy tub room
- Central care station
- Multiple satellite workstations
- Multi-use work room
Core:
- Physician lounge with lockers
- Lift and equipment storage
- Electrical and mechanical room
- Lab storage and tech office
- Clinical team manager and clinical resource nurse offices
- Patient lounge and staff room
Medicine 4 (First patient day Oct. 24, 2024):
- 11 private rooms with washrooms
- One bariatric isolation room
- Central care station
- Report room
- Satellite workstation
Parking expansion project underway
Staff response to a parking study helped pave the way for expansions of visitor and staff parking at the health centre. Planning is underway for this new parking lot with construction anticipated to start this fall.
Emergency Department Renovation
Integrated into patient use as of March 2024
- Addition of two new treatment rooms and one new treatment station
- New door with full glass panel to the Registration/Triage desk
- New access control door hardware at door connecting to existing facility