The provincial government has issued a tender for the construction of a new emergency department at the Health Sciences Centre.
The work will include the redevelopment of over 2,230 square meters of the current space and the construction of a new 2, 690 square meter extension.
The new emergency room will serve patients at the Health Sciences, as well as the new mental health and addictions facility.
It will include a psychiatric assessment unit, high acuity trauma unit, care initiation area, ambulance parking garage, diagnostic imaging area, administration area, and a new entrance and registration area.
Prior to major construction, a temporary ambulance entrance and emergency area will be set up.
The tender is expected to close later this month, with construction beginning later this year.