Phase I of the Richmond Hospital rebuild has been completed with a refurbished and relocated cancer care clinic.
The new clinic, which opened on Nov. 27, includes two new examination rooms and a clinical teaching room.
This is the first phase of the $861 million project which will include a new hospital tower, replacing the current nine-storey tower. The entire project is expected to be completed in 2031.
Phase 2 will begin in the spring with the issuing of a request for qualifications for the new Yurkovich Family Pavilion.
This will allow Vancouver Coastal Health to identify builders to a competitive request for proposals process, determining who will be design and build the new hospital.
The pavilion will house an emergency department with 86 spaces, up from 62, and add three operating rooms for a total of 11.
The nine-floor facility's pre- and post-surgical care spaces will grow from 26 to 69.
Phase 3 of the project includes renovations to the south tower to create new in-patient psychiatry and psychiatric assessment units.
The south tower will also have a maternity ward and neonatal intensive-care unit.
