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The provincial government, Vancouver Coastal Health, and Richmond Hospital Foundation will share the $861 million construction cost of the project.
“We have approved the plan and timelines for construction on a new, modern patient care tower at the Richmond Hospital,” said Premier John Horgan in a statement.
“With the largest public health investment in Richmond’s history, we’re going to deliver better and faster care for people while creating thousands of good local jobs, helping build a strong recovery for everyone.”
As a major component within the first two phases, a new nine-storey patient care tower, named the Yurkovich Family Pavilion (YFP), will have an emergency department with 82 spaces (an increase from the existing 60 spaces) and 11 operating rooms (up from eight existing operating rooms). Additionally, there will be more pre- and post-surgical spaces, nearly tripling the existing capacity from 26 to 69 patients. Altogether, YFP will have a total of 216 beds