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By Connor Gunn

Budget 2021: Rural health facilities getting upgrades

Mar 17, 2021 | 12:24 PM

LETHBRIDGE, AB– As part of the 2021 Provincial Budget, the Alberta Government has committed to improving rural health facilities.

The Rural Health Facilities Revitalization Fund is supporting upgrades and renovation projects in Alberta Health Services’ hospitals.

In the South Zone the following facilities will be receiving upgrades:

• $1.6 million to upgrade the medical device reprocessing area in Brooks Health Centre
• $1.5 million to renovate and upgrade the medical device reprocessing area in the Cardston Health Centre
• $1.5 million to upgrade the medical device reprocessing area in Crowsnest Pass Health Centre
• $250,000 to improve the emergency department triage area in Taber Health Centre

Premier Jason Kenney says these upgrades will be vital for healthcare facilities going forward.

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“Rural communities help make our province thrive and grow. This investment protects the lives and health of people living in these communities and also protects livelihoods by creating jobs as part of our multibillion-dollar Capital Plan to build Alberta and prepare it for recovery from COVID-19. Alberta’s government is committed to spending $50-million over three years to address often neglected rural health care needs and facilities.”

AHS noted priority projects in all five health zones that will move forward in the next three years. The following upgrades will be met:

Central Zone

• $650,000 to redesign and renovate the emergency department triage area and desk at Drayton Valley Hospital and Care Centre
• $1 million to upgrade the medical device reprocessing area, including cart washers and washer disinfector, in Olds Hospital and Care Centre
• $3.8 million to renovate the emergency department and $2.1 million to renovate the medical device reprocessing area at Wetaskiwin Hospital and Care Centre

Edmonton Zone

• $250,000 to convert the washroom at Westview Health Centre (Stony Plain) to make it accessible to patients requiring bariatric services

North Zone

• $1 million to renovate the medical laboratory in Fairview Health Complex
• $2 million to renovate the medical device reprocessing area in Peace River Community Health Centre
• $3.5 million to renovate the emergency department at St. Therese-St. Paul Healthcare Centre in St. Paul
• $4.7 million to build a new larger EMS station in Slave Lake

Another $10 million will demolish decommissioned health facilities in Claresholm and Edson.

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