May 18, 2023
Manitoba Government's Construction on Selkirk Regional Health Centre Underway
The Manitoba government is investing roughly $45.7 million to expand and renovate the Selkirk Regional Health Centre, and three construction projects are currently underway at the facility to significantly expand acute care inpatient capacity and its surgical program, Health Minister Audrey Gordon announced today.
“We are healing the health-care system by expanding and renovating Selkirk Regional Health Centre to provide more services and increase patient capacity,” said Gordon. “These strategic investments improve the quality of patient care for residents in the region and improve access to timely care for all Manitobans, closer to home.”
The projects include the addition of 30 acute care inpatient beds and three emergency department treatment spaces to enhance the health centre’s ability to treat and monitor patients.
Construction on the 30-bed acute care inpatient addition is now underway and the steel structure of the new building can be seen emerging from the 28,147-sq.-ft. site, the minister noted. The new beds for an increased number of inpatients and a higher volume of surgical and endoscopy services to be delivered locally. The inpatient addition is expected to be completed by the summer of 2024, the minister added.
Renovations to the emergency department have just begun and will include the expansion of the existing waiting room and the addition of three new treatment spaces. The emergency department will remain open to patients during construction. Renovations are expected to be completed by March 2024, the minister said.
The project expansion will support an increase in surgeries performed at the site, such as general procedures, gynecology, urology and endoscopy. The project will include minor design changes to improve patient flow and expand treatment capacity within the emergency department.
The facility’s outpatient centre is also undergoing minor renovations to accommodate the use of a C-arm fluoroscopic X-ray system for the new pain care clinic, opening this fall, which is an expansion of the Manitoba Pain Care Program.
“Selkirk Regional Health Centre cares for more than 2,500 inpatients and over 26,550 patients who attend the emergency department from all across the Interlake-Eastern region annually,” said Marion Ellis, chief executive officer, Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority. “By expanding the health centre and renovating to accommodate new services, we’re improving people’s ability to access the right care they need in a timely way in our region.”
The Manitoba government is providing a total multi-year capital investment of $1.3 billion to support the building, expanding and renovating of health-care facilities across the province. This includes Manitoba’s Clinical and Preventive Services Plan, led by clinicians, to establish a geographic network of care that improves access for Manitobans.
The plan is comprised of 39 projects including:
- construction of new hospitals in Neepawa and Portage la Prairie;
- renovations at Dauphin Regional Health Centre; and
- expansions at Boundary Trails Health Centre in Morden-Winkler and Lakeshore General Hospital in Ashern.
For more information on Manitoba’s Clinical and Preventive Services Plan, visit https://sharedhealthmb.ca/wp-content/uploads/CPSP_Overview_NL.pdf.
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