(Abby Zieverink / EverythingGP staff)

By Shane Clausing

Grande Prairie Regional Hospital

Move to Grande Prairie Regional Hospital successfully completed

Dec 6, 2021 | 11:58 AM

Alberta Health Services says the move to the new Grande Prairie Regional Hospital is complete.

The move from the Queen Elizabeth II Hospital to the new Grande Prairie Regional Hospital took place at 6:00 a.m. on December 4 and took 11 hours in total.

There was a total of 99 patients relocated from the QEII to the new hospital. There were 1,192 AHS staff members involved in the move, along with 24 physicians and 95 volunteers.

Patients were transferred to the new hospital using a total of 17 different Emergency Medical Services (EMS) vehicles.

This included eight traditional ambulances, two critical care units, one neonatal intensive care (NICU) ambulance, a 40-foot multi-patient EMS bus, four non-urgent transport units, and a recreation therapy bus.

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AHS says the first emergency department visit at the new hospital took place at approximately 6:45 a.m. The first surgery was completed at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday and the first baby was born on Sunday, December 5 at 7:35 a.m.

With the transition to the new Grande Prairie Regional Hospital now complete, anyone seeking emergency care is asked to go to the new hospital site, as the QEII emergency department is now closed.