Health and Community Services
July 25, 2013
An investment in excess of $6 million for repairs, renovations, and new equipment at the Central Newfoundland Regional Health Centre and Carmelite House will help ensure residents have access to high quality health facilities.
“Grand Falls-Windsor is a hub for the central region and services the health care needs of a wide geographic region,” said the Honourable Susan Sullivan, Minister of Health and Community Services. “Today’s announcement of over $6 million is not just an investment in Grand Falls-Windsor but in the residents and families of the central region. It is also an investment that builds on the $38 million that has been spent on improvements and upgrades at the Central Newfoundland Regional Health Centre and Carmelite House since 2004.”
The investment will support the addition of 21 new patient beds at Carmelite House, as well as a variety of repairs, renovations, and new equipment at the Central Newfoundland Regional Health Centre, including:
- Upgrades to the distribution power systems;
- New diagnostic picture archiving and communication system monitors; and,
- A new operating room table for urology procedures.
Approximately $1.8 million is also allocated for the continued development of a new space for dialysis treatments. Upon completion of the project, the dedicated dialysis space will house 15 dialysis machines, an addition of four machines, which will increase patient capacity in the region.
“Today’s announcement for equipment, repairs and renovations for Central Newfoundland Regional Health Centre is a significant investment in health care in the central region,” said Rosemarie Goodyear, Interim President and CEO of Central Health. “We are pleased to partner with the Provincial Government in our common goal to provide quality programs and services to the residents of this region.”
Further to these investments, Budget 2013: A Sound Plan, A Secure Future allocated $11.5 million for the continued development of new operating rooms at the health centre and $4 million for the continued construction of the treatment centre for youth with addictions in Grand Falls-Windsor, which is scheduled to open in winter 2014. The budget also included $1.2 million to expand the Provincial Colon Cancer Screening Program into the region.
Media contacts:
| Scott Barfoot Director of Communications Department of Health and Community Services 709-729-1377, 690-6290 scottbarfoot@gov.nl.ca |
Tess Burke Communications Manager Government Members Office 709-729-3551, 699-2402 tessburke@gov.nl.ca |
Kim Cheeks Communication Consultant Central Health 709-651-6239, 571-9472 kim.cheeks@centralhealth.nl.ca |
2013 07 25 2:10 p.m.