It will all cost $ 812 million, an investment that was announced in the provincial budget this year.
Approximately $ 70 million will be used to upgrade the Brandon Regional Health Center so that it becomes more important in the delivery of care in the southwestern part of the province.
The Center will be equipped with 30 additional acute care beds, a new intensive care unit, and the neonatal intensive care unit will be renovated and expanded.
This money will also be used to expand the Western Manitoba Cancer Center. It will be extended by 650 square meters, and the existing building will be renovated, with the addition of additional examination rooms and treatment rooms.
Renovations at the Brandon Regional Health Center are scheduled to begin next year and be completed by 2025.
Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister said these projects will reduce wait times, improve access to health care and reduce the distance residents have to travel to receive care.
A new hospital in Portage la Prairie
The province also announced the construction of a new hospital in Portage la Prairie.
The facility will have a minimum of 90 acute care beds, increased capacity for day surgeries, emergencies and more space for medical programs such as dialysis and diagnostic tests. .
The two-story facility will be twice the size of the current hospital serving the city one hour west of Winnipeg.
Like the Brandon Regional Health Center, the new hospital will serve as the hub for the Prairie Mountain Health Region. The hospital will also provide services to the entire Southern Health Region.
Its construction is expected to be completed by 2025.
Population growth of Santé Sud
Common Care Manitoba head nurse Lanette Siragusa says the plan was developed in consultation with health officials across the province.
We know we can do better for Manitobans and that we can improve services for people living in rural, remote and northern communities.
, says the head nurse.
The pandemic has brought to light gaps in our health care system that have existed for too long, and new challenges have arisen that we now face.
In a press release, the province points out that the Health South health region is the fastest growing population in Manitoba. Its population has grown by 14,000 over the past five years, reaching a total of around 212,000.
With information from Cameron MacLean
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