Cariboo Memorial Hospital

Cariboo Memorial Hospital Redevelopment Project

The Cariboo Memorial Hospital redevelopment project is underway and over the next three to six years, people in Williams Lake and the Cariboo-Chilcotin will benefit from this modernized and expanded hospital.

Interior Health is excited to share information about this project as it proceeds and update the community on potential impacts based on the construction schedule. The CMH redevelopment project includes an addition to the existing hospital as well as renovations to the existing facility.

Phase 1, which includes the addition, began in April 2023 and is expected to be complete in late 2026.
Phase 2, which includes renovations to the existing hospital, is planned to begin in fall 2026 and is scheduled to be complete in early 2029.

People will have increased access to health-care services as the expanded hospital will include:

A new emergency department with 23 treatment spaces, an increase of 12; two trauma treatment bays; two specialized procedure rooms; an ambulance carport; and a separate public entrance.
A new medical/surgical inpatient unit with 36 beds, an increase of 16.
A new mental health and substance use inpatient unit with eight single-occupancy rooms.
An expanded ambulatory care and oncology unit with 16 renovated treatment spaces.
An expanded maternity and women's health unit with four single-occupancy rooms for maternity care, two nursery rooms and two women's health beds in private rooms. The maternity area will allow parents to stay in the same room with their babies until they are ready to go home.
An expanded pharmacy, providing additional space for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.
An interfaith sacred space for traditional cultural and healing practices.
Smudging in patient rooms.
71 new parking stalls.
A new UBC Faculty of Medicine academic space.

Cariboo Memorial Hospital Redevelopment Project

Phase 1, which includes the addition, began in April 2023 and is expected to be complete in late 2026.
Phase 2, which includes renovations to the existing hospital, is planned to begin in fall 2026 and is scheduled to be complete in early 2029.

People will have increased access to health-care services as the expanded hospital will include:

A new emergency department with 23 treatment spaces, an increase of 12; two trauma treatment bays; two specialized procedure rooms; an ambulance carport; and a separate public entrance.
A new medical/surgical inpatient unit with 36 beds, an increase of 16.
A new mental health and substance use inpatient unit with eight single-occupancy rooms.
An expanded ambulatory care and oncology unit with 16 renovated treatment spaces.
An expanded maternity and women's health unit with four single-occupancy rooms for maternity care, two nursery rooms and two women's health beds in private rooms. The maternity area will allow parents to stay in the same room with their babies until they are ready to go home.
An expanded pharmacy, providing additional space for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.
An interfaith sacred space for traditional cultural and healing practices.
Smudging in patient rooms.
71 new parking stalls.
A new UBC Faculty of Medicine academic space.

One year of construction at CMH

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Construction Crane

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The construction crane went up at CMH on Dec. 7-8. The crane towers 200-feet tall and another 200-feet wide and is lit up with Christmas lights at night. It is expected to be in Williams Lake for about eleven months.
The Williams Lake Tribune was on site for a tour in December. Read their story.
Construction starts on Cariboo Memorial Hospital project

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Health Minister Adrian Dix visited Williams Lake on Tuesday, July 4 to celebrate the beginning of construction on the redevelopment of Cariboo Memorial Hospital with President and CEO Susan Brown and local community representatives.
The project includes a three-storey addition, as well as renovations to the existing facility. The redevelopment will add 25 new beds for a total of 53. This includes a new medical/surgical inpatient unit with 36 beds (an increase of 16), a new mental-health and substance-use inpatient unit with eight single-occupancy rooms, a patient-seclusion room and an expanded ambulatory-care and oncology unit with 16 renovated treatment spaces.
There will be a new emergency department with 23 treatment spaces (an increase of 12), two trauma-treatment bays, a seclusion room, an ambulance carport and a separate public entrance.
The new addition will also have an expanded maternity and women’s health unit with four single-occupancy rooms for maternity care, two nursery rooms and two women’s health beds in private rooms. The maternity area will allow parents to stay in the same room with their babies until they are ready to go home.
The pharmacy will be expanded, providing additional space for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. An interfaith sacred space will allow for traditional cultural and healing practices. There will be 71 new parking stalls.
Construction will happen in two phases. The first phase, which will include the three-storey addition, is expected to finish in 2026. Phase 2 will start after that, will include further renovations and is scheduled to be complete in 2029.