FORT ST. JAMES, B.C. — A project to replace Fort St. James, B.C.’s Stuart Lake Hospital has been approved.
According to a release by Northern Health, which delivers health care to the province’s northern communities, the team will now develop a business plan to finalize scope and budget.
This stage takes approximately 12 to 18 months. Upon approval of the business plan, the project will proceed to procurement and then construction. The project will be built to a LEED Gold standard, as will all new hospitals in the province.
Stuart Lake Hospital opened in 1972.
Talk of replacing the hospital began in 2008 and in 2015 a concept plan was submitted to the Ministry of Health. This summer, a revised concept plan was submitted and then approved.
Northern Health states Stuart Lake Hospital lacks space, functionality and technology. Currently, the hospital has 12 beds and offers emergency, acute and complex care as well as residential care, lab and X-ray services, and mental health and addictions counselling.
“Stuart Lake Hospital is an important part of the community and a place of healing that many people in the region rely on,” said Colleen Nyce, chair of the Northern Health board, in a statement. “It’s exciting to see that a new, modern facility will be built, which will offer high levels of public health care that will respect and reflect local Indigenous culture.”
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