Grande Prairie Hospital

By EverythingGP Staff

Inside the New Hospital

Take a look: Province allows look inside new Grande Prairie Hospital

Feb 26, 2020 | 7:55 PM

Following the United Conservative government’s announcement that the new Grande Prairie Hospital was about 85 per cent complete during their caucus meeting earlier this month, the province pulled back the curtain to members of the media on Wednesday afternoon for a look at its progress.

Adrian Lao, the Principal Architect with DIALOG led the tour, starting on the third floor, where the operating rooms are located.

Outside the operating room, where staff can wash up and prep for surgery.

Adrian Lao shows the primary equipment in the operating room.

The surgery recovery area.

The pre- and post-surgery bed base (beds to be added later).

The pre- and post-surgery bed base has nurse stations located nearby, to assist patients.

The main hallway, AKA “Main Street.” The hallway is slightly curved, which Lao says will be better for the mental health of people staying in or visiting the hospital.

View of the courtyard, from the third floor. Benches and tables will be installed outside in the spring.

The tour continued into the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Private room in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, which can be used for cases where the newborns need to be in isolation.

Private room in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Lao shows off one of the rooms in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Lao shows off the “Queen Suite,” for patients recovering from giving birth.

Lao shows off the C-Section Operating Room in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

The C-Section Operating Room is a bigger version of the other Operating Rooms, and has space for two isolation chambers.

The atrium (unfinished) as seen from the third floor.

The tour then went down to the basement (Level 0), which will primarily used for staff services. There will be a kitchen, the Medical Device Reprocessing (MDR) room for cleaning and sterilizing equipment, and more.

Main Street on Level 0 (basement).

The kitchen has big walk in freezers (left), counters, and an area for stoves that will be ventilated (back right corner).

The processing (dirty) side of the MDR.

Equipment and clothing that need cleaning and sterilization will be brought directly to the MDR through specific elevators.

Sterilization chambers in the MDR.

A sterilization chambers in the MDR.

The backside of the sterilization chambers.

The tour concluded after going through the basement level.

View of the courtyard from the main floor.

Clark Builders is the general contractor in charge of constructing the rest of the hospital. Lao and the rest of the staff leading the tour couldn’t estimate when the hospital would open, or how much it’s cost. Though Premier Jason Kenney told EverythingGP during a visit to Grande Prairie earlier this month that it’s expected to be ready for use before 2021.