RC109 NovDec 2023 - Magazine - Page 6
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SECOND HOSPITAL, NEW CANCER CENTRE
BREAKS GROUND IN SURREY
Fraser Health has
executed a Design-Build
Agreement with EllisDon
for the construction
of the new facility,
making Surrey the first
community in decades to
get a second hospital.
THE PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA broke ground on a new second
hospital and new cancer centre in Surrey.
The second hospital in Surrey will bring 168 more
hospital beds, including medical/surgical beds, high
acuity beds and medical oncology beds, and a second
emergency department for the community with 55
treatment spaces and access to specialists through virtual
technologies.
“Surrey has been experiencing tremendous growth and
people are struggling to get the health services they need
while health-care workers are burning out,” said Premier
David Eby. “We’re taking urgent action while carefully
planning for the future. As we break ground on the new,
state-of-the-art Surrey hospital and cancer centre, work
continues on immediate actions to improve health services
in the region.”
Fraser Health has executed a Design-Build Agreement
with EllisDon Design Build Inc., which will be responsible
for completing the design and construction of the new
facility, making Surrey the 昀椀rst community in decades to
get a second hospital.
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“The new Surrey hospital and cancer centre gives us a
rare opportunity to build a net-new hospital and cancer
centre that will add much-needed capacity for health-care
services in the community,” said Adrian Dix, Minister
of Health. “The facts are the people of the fast-growing
Surrey community need a second hospital and they need
it as soon as soon as possible. So, despite signi昀椀cant cost
escalation due to in昀氀ation, supply-chain disruptions, and
labour shortages, we are moving forward to deliver the
new state-of-the-art hospital and cancer centre.”
In addition to building a second hospital in Surrey,
the community will also have a BC Cancer Centre with a
50-room oncology ambulatory care unit. The new Surrey
cancer centre will include 54 chemotherapy treatment
spaces and room for six linear accelerators for radiation
therapy to provide care and support for people diagnosed
with cancer, two PET/CTs and a cyclotron.
Construction of this new hospital and cancer centre is
anticipated to be complete in 2029 and open in 2030. It will
cater to the growing and complex needs of people. The
total cost of the project is anticipated to be $2.88 billion.
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Construction of the new hospital and cancer centre in Surrey, B.C. is anticipated to be complete in 2029 and open in 2030.
