STEINBACH, MAN. – Construction is now underway on a new $32 million renal unit at Bethesda Regional Health Centre in Steinbach, Man.
The project is part of the first phase of a larger capital project to expand the site.
The renovations underway include providing space for 15 additional acute-care medicine beds and eight surgical beds, investment in palliative and end-of-life care, chronic and cardiopulmonary disease and women’s health and pharmacy upgrades to support delivery of chemotherapy services and establish Bethesda as a regional hub for cancer services.
The renal services upgrades are part of a larger capital investment of $812 million in building, expanding and renovating health care facilities across Manitoba as part of the province’s Manitoba’s Clinical and Preventive Services Plan initiative.
Other announced capital projects include:
- expansion and renovation of the Brandon Regional Health Centre and Western Manitoba Cancer Centre;
- construction of a new hospital in Portage la Prairie;
- construction of a new hospital in Neepawa;
- expansion of Boundary Trails Health Centre in Winkler/Morden;
- expansion of the Selkirk Regional Health Centre;
- renovations at Dauphin Regional Health Centre; and
- expansion of Lakeshore General Hospital in Ashern.
The new dialysis unit is expected to come into service summer 2022 and construction in the overall renal unit project is expected to be complete by 2025.
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