Premier Heather Stefanson travelled to Neepawa today after her press conference in Dauphin to announce the building of a new hospital in the community.
There is no timeline as of right now, but the investment is for over $127 Million and will cut down on the need for patients to travel to Winnipeg and Brandon.
Features of the new facility, which will replace the existing Neepawa Health Centre, include:
· at least 60 acute care inpatient beds, up from 35 at the current Neepawa site;
· an expanded emergency department designed to best practice standards that include treatment and assessment rooms, a trauma room, stretcher bay and an ambulance bay; and
· enhanced space for a number of programs, such as surgery, diagnostics and palliative care as well as various outpatient services including dialysis and chemotherapy.
The new facility is expected to be at least twice the size of the current site. Construction is tentatively slated for completion in 2025.
