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By CKPG Today

Health Care

New emergency department, ICU open at GR Baker Memorial Hospital

Apr 14, 2023 | 8:54 AM

QUESNEL, B.C. — A big boost for healthcare in Quesnel.

This as a new emergency department and ICU opens today at GR Baker Memorial Hospital.

The new addition was built on the territory of the Lhtako Dene Nation with the provincial government investing $27 million in the project through Northern Health and the Cariboo Chilcotin Regional Hospital District.

The new emergency department and ICU are bigger and are located together, making it easier for patients and staff to move around. The emergency triage department has a triage area, two exam rooms, a two-bay trauma and resuscitation room, an isolation and exam area, a psychiatric observation room, and an ambulance garage. The ICU has five treatment spaces and there is also a private waiting area for families.

Mary Sjostrom, vice-chair, Cariboo Chilcotin Regional Hospital District, said: “We appreciate all the partners working together to improve our emergency department and ICU facilities in the North Cariboo. We are a proud contributor to this project and celebrate the completion of the upgrades that will serve our growing community and region for years to come.”

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Opened in 1955, GR Baker Memorial Hospital currently operates 44 inpatient beds and also provides emergency care, lab services, diagnostic imaging, mental-health and addictions supports, and chronic disease management.