Lab services set to return to Dauphin
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A number of health-care services are expected to be restored in Dauphin next week as officials work around damage at the Dauphin Regional Health Centre.
Point-of-care testing, electrocardiograms, X-rays, labs and phlebotomy will be stood up 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 came during a virtual town hall hosted by Prairie Mountain Health.
Asagwara said that an original timeline had been given to get the services restored later in August, but the province moved it up.
“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 active in the community, Asagwara said.
The Dauphin Regional Health Centre flooded as a result of a downpour in the region on June 30. Eletrical and mechanical systems were knocked out and water, silt and debris were left in the basement, forcing the hospital to close. 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 already underway to bring the hospital back online, with teams of engineers, contractors, clinical leaders, health-care staff and government partners involved in the effort. Teams are also exploring temporary solutions for patient care while the recovery of the hospital building proceeds.
“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.
The starting dates of those services will be provided in the “coming weeks,” she added.
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