MOH Comox Valley Site Blessing
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A blessing ceremony was held for the site of the new Comox Valley Hospital. The ceremony marked an important milestone as site preparation is underway. The new hospital will replace the aging St. Joseph's Hospital and provide modern facilities and quality patient care. It is estimated to cost $334 million and have 153 beds. Construction of both the new Comox Valley Hospital and a new 95-bed hospital in Campbell River is scheduled to begin in 2014, with completion expected by late 2017. The projects are funded by the province and local health districts.
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MOH Comox Valley Site Blessing
- 1. NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release Ministry of Health 2013HLTH0046-000439 Vancouver Island Health Authority March 8, 2013 Comox Strathcona Regional Hospital District Milestone reached for new Comox Valley Hospital COMOX A blessing ceremony was performed today by K坦moks First Nation at the site of the new Comox Valley Hospital. With site preparation well underway, todays ceremony represents an important milestone in building patient care in the Comox Valley, said Comox Valley MLA Don McRae on behalf of Health Minister Margaret MacDiarmid. The new hospital will give patients and their families access to the best care possible in modern facilities. Five trees from the site of the Comox Valley Hospital are being gifted to the K坦moks First Nation to be used in a traditional building project. The new Comox Valley Hospital is part of the North Island Hospitals Project, which will see two new hospitals built on Northern Vancouver Island one in Campbell River and one in the Comox Valley at a cost of up to $600 million. On behalf of the Vancouver Island Health Authority, our future patients and all our partners, I would like to thank the K坦moks people for blessing this site, said Don Hubbard, VIHA board chair. Aboriginal partnerships are very important to VIHA. It is through an understanding of cultural diversity that this new facility will provide all patients with a positive and culturally appropriate healing environment. The new Comox Valley Hospital is located on a site next to North Island College and will replace the aging St. Josephs Hospital. Its estimated cost is $334 million with 153 beds planned. The new $266 million, 95-bed hospital at the existing Campbell River Hospital site will replace Campbell Rivers aging 70-bed acute-care facility. Construction of both new hospitals is scheduled to get underway in 2014, with the hospitals ready for occupancy by late 2017. Funding for the project is being provided by the Province (60 per cent) and the Comox Strathcona Regional Hospital District (40 per cent).
- 2. Were excited to take this official step forward, said Claire Moglove, chair of the Comox- Strathcona Regional Hospital District board. The beginning of site preparations represents the first concrete action in this long-awaited hospitals project. To bring this project to this point, involved years of dedicated work for many people. Since 2001-02, $8 billion has been spent on health sector capital projects in British Columbia. Over the next three years, British Columbia will benefit from investments such as new health- care facilities as part of a $2.3-billion health sector capital plan. Media Contacts: Ryan Jabs Dan MacLennan Media Relations Manager Communications Ministry of Health North Island Hospitals Project 250 952-1887 (media line) Vancouver Island Health Authority 250 850-2943 Connect with the Province of B.C. at: www.gov.bc.ca/connect