FAQs

The CMH redevelopment project includes an addition to the hospital as well as renovations to the existing facility.

• The addition will be three storeys, plus a basement, and approximately 9,300 square metres (100,100 square feet).
• The redevelopment will add 25 inpatient beds, for a total of 53.
• Phase 1 of the project is expected to be complete in late 2026 and Phase 2 of the project is expected to be complete in early 2029.

People will have increased access to health services including:

• 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.
• 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 and a patient seclusion room.
• An expanded ambulatory care and oncology unit with 16 renovated treatment spaces, an increase of five 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, which will allow for traditional cultural and healing practices.

Construction will happen in two phases. Phase 1, which includes the addition, is expected to finish in late 2026. Phase 2, which includes renovations to the existing hospital, will begin in late 2026 and is scheduled to be complete in early 2029. 

The budget for the project is $366.53 million and will be shared between the Province through Interior Health, and the Cariboo Chilcotin Regional Hospital District.