Some health-care services to be restored in Dauphin next week; clean up continues
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BRANDON — A number of health-care services are expected to be restored in Dauphin next week as officials work around flood damage at the local hospital.
Point-of-care testing, electrocardiograms, X-rays, labs and phlebotomy will be reinstated at a temporary outpatient clinic in a provincial government building in Dauphin, Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara said on Thursday.
“You folks can expect that by the end of next week you are going to have lab services restored in Dauphin,” Asagwara said.
The information was released during a virtual town hall hosted by Prairie Mountain Health.
Asagwara said that the original timeline had been to restore those services later in August: “We’ve pushed very hard, and worked with your leaders, to push that timeline up.”
The province is working to firm up a timeline to get mobile CT-scan services running in the community, Asagwara said.
The hospital flooded as a result of a downpour on June 30. Electrical and mechanical systems were knocked out and water, silt and debris filled the basement. Fifty-four patients were evacuated from the facility.
Asagwara said it is believed about 6.4 million litres of water were pumped out of the facility after the flood, based on a floor plan of 45,000 square feet on the building’s lower level and floodwaters at five feet high throughout.
“It is just a phenomenal, phenomenal effort to remove that water,” Asagwara said.
Prairie Mountain CEO Treena Slate said that “substantial work” is underway to bring the hospital back online. The effort involves teams of engineers, contractors, clinical leaders, health-care staff and government partners. Temporary solutions for patient care are being explored while the building is worked on.
“Recovery will take time, but progress is being made every day. Our goal is not to simply reopen the facility, but restore a safe, reliable health-care environment that will serve the community for many years to come.”
Priority is being given to restore hemodialysis, chemotherapy and diagnostic services, she said.
— Brandon Sun