Details on the Outpatient Hospital

Construction of the Surrey Outpatient Hospital is well underway, but how exactly will this new facility improve health in the region?

To begin, an outpatient is someone who is not hospitalized and does not require an overnight stay in a medical facility. To that end, the Outpatient Hospital will combine specialized diagnostic and surgeries, along with clinical community services, all under one roof. Surrey Memorial currently handles 134,000 outpatient clinical visits and performs 94,000 outpatient diagnostic procedures – most of which will transfer to the new facility and relieve congestion and space at SMH.

In addition, the Outpatient Hospital will bring three new programs to the region:

• A breast health diagnostic procedure, based on European models, that will reduce wait times from seven months to 14 days!
• The first comprehensive HIV/AIDS/Hep C program in the Valley
• Specialized urology services that will non-invasively treat kidney, gallbladder, and liver stones

The $239 million LEED Gold facility is expected to be open in the summer of 2011. While the exterior is complete, the building’s interior is being constructed at this point in time.