Thanks to $1.7-billion, Burnaby and Metro Vancouver residents will soon gain better access to health-care services.
A newly announced business plan for phase two of the Burnaby Hospital redevelopment will include a new inpatient tower and integrated cancer centre.
The funding is being distributed by the province, the Burnaby Hospital Foundation and the BC Cancer Foundation. A new BC Cancer centre is also expected to be built within the tower and will include 54 ambulatory care rooms, 31 chemotherapy chairs, space for five linear accelerators, space for two PET/CT scanners, an oncology pharmacy, and clinical trials and research space, a news release noted.
This will include a maternity unit, a neonatal intensive care unit and a medical in-patient area with capability to isolate infectious diseases.
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