January 2012 Newsletter 

Follow the Progress

The Fort St. John Hospital and Residential Care project was announced by the province in April 2008. The project, constructed on a 40-acre parcel of land donated by the City of Fort St. John, includes a new 15,000 square metre acute care hospital will 55 acute care beds, an ICU, maternity ward, 2 state of the art operating rooms, an expanded ER and endoscopy suite.

Adjacent to the hospital is a new 7,500 square metre Residential Care Building consisting of 123 beds. The pods are designed to provide physo-geriatric care, special care and palliative care. 

The project is a public private partnership (PPP) between Northern Health and private partner, ISL Health who will design, build, finance and maintain the new facility for a fixed term of 30 years.  ISL Health will be responsible for building maintenance, life cycle repair and renewal, and project financing during the fixed term. All clinical services will continue to be provided by the Provincial Government through Northern Health.

Total capital cost of the facility is $297.9 million; this includes $98 millon from the Peace River Hospital District. Construction began in June 2009 and progress can be viewed by selecting a portion of the pie (above) or viewing the webcam documenting the daily progress on the site.