RED DEER, ALTA. – Red Deer’s Regional Hospital Centre is getting a massive upgrade.
The province has announced it will be investing $1.8 billion to redevelop and expand the facility. It will be the largest investment of its kind in Alberta’s history and the largest taxpayer investment in the history of central Alberta. It will begin with a $193 million investment over the next three years and will include 200 new in-patient beds, increasing hospital capacity from 370 beds to 570 beds or by 54 per cent.
The expansion also provides for three new operating rooms, increasing surgical capacity to 14 operating rooms. The project also includes a new cardiac catheterization lab.
“On behalf of Red Deer City Council and the citizens we serve, I want to share our overwhelming joy about the monumental announcement of $1.8 billion investment in Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre,” said Red Deer Mayor Ken Johnston in a statement. “This investment in our regional hospital has taken some time. However, I am optimistic the prioritization of our hospital will see improved capacity for life-saving treatment and care in the near future.”
The Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre is the busiest hospital outside of Edmonton and Calgary. It has the fourth-highest volume of any Alberta Health Services’ facility. The project’s next steps include functional programming and design. Completion of the expansion is slated for 2030-2031.
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