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Category Archives: Healthcare
City and Kwantlen sign historic agreement
The City has struck a memorandum of understanding with Kwantlen Polytechnic University to pursue the shared goals of building an economically vibrant Surrey. The agreement is similar to the MOU the City signed with SFU in 2008, which will result … Continue reading
Posted in City Hall, Cloverdale, Healthcare, Newton, Parks and Rec, Post-Secondary Institutions, Social Services
Tagged architecture, business incubator, campus, Cloverdale, cost sharing, fraser health, health sciences, kpu, kwantlen polytechnic university, nursing school, sfu, simon fraser, surrey
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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 … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Healthcare, Social Services, Whalley
Tagged breast, green timbers, hiv, kidney stone, outpatient, smh, surrey memorial
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Details on the SMH Critical Care Tower [pics]
While the Critical Care Tower isn’t actually a tower, it will bring significant improvements to the SMH campus. The 274,000 sq. ft. building will add a total of 151 new beds. The emergency department will be five times as large … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Healthcare, Social Services, Whalley
Tagged critical care, department, emergency, geriatric, helipad, mental health, prenatal, smh, surrey memorial, tower
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Future vision for SMH
As part of a short series on the future of Surrey Memorial, we kick things off with an examination of Fraser Health’s long term vision for the venerable Hospital. The regional healthy authority is currently developing a long term master … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Healthcare, Social Services, Whalley
Tagged campus, critical care tower, doctor, fraser health, nursing, school, smh, surrey memorial, ubc
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Fraser Valley Medical School coming soon
The future of the fastest-growing health authority in B.C. may include a “Fraser Valley Medical School” to provide doctors for local hospitals. That’s according to Loretta Solomon, the executive director of the Surrey Memorial and Delta Hospitals. She was speaking … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Healthcare, Whalley
Tagged abbotsford, city centre, downtown, fraser valley, health authority, medical school, sfu, surrey, ubc
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Tulips for Tomorrow: SMH campaign
The highly successful Tulips for Tomorrow fundraising campaign for Surrey Memorial has restarted this year. Basically, you go out to one of five select retailers, buy a bag of tulips, and those tulips will be planted around the city with … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Healthcare, Social Services, Whalley
Tagged foundation, fundraising, memorial hospital, surrey, tomorrow, tulips
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New Surrey Memorial Emergency Centre [pics]
As you may be aware, Surrey Memorial Hospital will be getting a new Emergency Centre sometime in the near future. As far as I know, the provincial government has yet to put the money up to begin construction, but that … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Healthcare, Social Services, Whalley
Tagged bc, emergency centre, health care, hospital, memorial, smh, surrey
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Surrey Outpatient Hospital ground broken [pics]
Construction of Surrey’s second hospital will start “virtually right away,” premier Gordon Campbell said Thursday. And Campbell announced the Surrey Outpatient Hospital will be about a third bigger than initially planned. The $239-million four-storey 17,550-sq.-metre facility located less than one … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Healthcare, Social Services, Whalley
Tagged bc, construction, green timbers, Healthcare, hospital, outpatient, smh, surrey
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SMH Outpatient Hospital finally moving forward
The Surrey Memorial Outpatient Hospital that Gordon Campbell announced over two years ago is finally taking steps forward. A private consortium of companies has been chosen to partner with Fraser Health to build the $150 million facility on provincially owned land … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Healthcare, Social Services, Town Centre, Whalley
Tagged bc, campbell, construction, green timers, health, memorial hospital, outpatient, surrey
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Innovative sobering centre set for Whalley
A groundbreaking sobering centre for alcohol and drug addicts is set to move forward shortly. The planned facility is currently waiting for provincial operating funds via Fraser Health – which councillors are hoping will be provided for in the Provincial … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Healthcare, Social Services, Town Centre, Whalley
Tagged alcohol, centre, drug, health, recovery, smh, sober, surrey memorial
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