Stanton Territorial Hospital

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Stanton Territorial Hospital
Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority
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Stanton Territorial Hospital
Geography
Location548 Byrne Rd, Northwest Territories, Canada
Coordinates 62°26′52″N114°24′09″W / 62.4479°N 114.4024°W / 62.4479; -114.4024
Organization
Care system Medicare (Canada)
Funding Government hospital
Type General
Services
Emergency department Yes
Beds100
Helipad No, demolished 2016
Public transit access Yellowknife Transit Route B
History
Construction startedBroke ground on October 8, 2015
OpenedPatients transferred on May 26, 2019
Links
Website Official website
Lists Hospitals in Canada

Stanton Territorial Hospital is a hospital based in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. Operated by the Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority, [1] it is a 100-bed hospital and the biggest hospital in the territory providing 24/7 emergency care along with extended care, obstetrics, surgery (with three operating theatres), psychiatry, pediatrics, and a 6-bed intensive care unit. [1] Outpatient services include numerous specialties. [2] [3]

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Notable staff

Naming

Stanton Territorial Hospital is named after Dr. Oliver L. Stanton for his contributions to medicine in the city and the territory more widely. Dr. Stanton was the first doctor in Yellowknife after being brought to the city in 1937 [4] to run a four-bed company hospital, which was located in a cottage near the Con mine gold camp for Cominco Mine. The first Yellowknife hospital was built in Yellowknife with his assistance. The first building to bear his name was the Yellowknife Stanton Hospital [5] located on 50th Avenue. [6]

History

In 1988, a brand new Stanton Territorial Hospital was opened, with 100-bed capacity in a ward-based configuration and acute care capability matching the current hospital completed in 2019. Throughout the three decades it was operational, bed capacity was reduced to 80 beds due to changing needs and renovations converting ward space into semi-private rooms for enhanced patient comfort. [7]

Upon the 2015 announcement of a new 100-bed facility to replace the building constructed in 1988, it was revealed the name of the current hospital (a legacy that had continued since the first medical building in the city) would continue on to the new building.

The old Stanton Territorial Hospital (19882019) was temporarily given a placeholder name of "Legacy Stanton" by the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT), and was often referred to by locals as the "old Stanton". [8] [9]

On the evening of May 25, 2019 signs notifying the impending transfer of emergency care were posted, the cover was removed from the new Stanton Territorial Hospital, and the blue "H" on the top floor of the building was illuminated. On May 26, 2019 all patients of the former hospital were transferred and the emergency room of the new building began operations at 6:00 am local time. [10]

Legacy Stanton Territorial Hospital

On October 13, 2023 the legacy Stanton building was officially renamed to the Łıwegǫ̀atì building (formerly known by the placeholder project name of Legacy Stanton) after a months-long naming process that received 150 submissions. [11] Currently houses long-term care patients, [8] and will house extended care, long-term care, a primary care clinic, and rehabilitation services including physiotherapy and occupational therapy upon its complete re-opening, planned for May of 2024. It is one of three buildings on the health campus, and is located between Stanton Territorial Hospital and the Stanton Medical Clinic.

Construction

The new Stanton Territorial Hospital was announced on September 25, 2015 via a contract awarded to Boreal Health Partnership for a new hospital building and was first published by CBC News. [12] Originally the legacy Stanton building (opened in 1988) was designed with expansion in mind, but due to complexities of keeping the hospital operational during a proposed expansion and the need for renovations, it was decided to build an entirely new building to replace it. [13]

The construction of the new Stanton Territorial Hospital commenced on October 8, 2015 with a groundbreaking ceremony. The construction was a Public-Private Partnership (P3) between the GNWT and Boreal Health Partnership a consortium of Bird Construction and Clark Builders Ltd for construction, Kasian Architects for design, and construction and facilities management firm Carillion Canada Inc. as a services provider and financial backer, [14] as well as several secondary firms. [15] The project's construction was the largest and most expensive undertaken by the GNWT to date at an initial up-front cost of $350 million CAD and additional $18 million per year for 30 years after the hospital is opened, at which point the government takes complete ownership of the building. [16]

Carillion Canada held 50% equity shares in the Stanton project and had a 30-year facility maintenance contract that was set to start once the hospital became operational. Less than 3 years after construction commenced, Carillion Canada and its parent company Carillion plc of the UK entered liquidation after ceasing operation on January 15, 2018. Boreal Health Partnership remained liable for the operational obligations, and the maintenance contract was eventually transferred to Clark Builders. [17]

Construction of the new Stanton Hospital building was completed in May of 2018, and all patients were transferred to the new building on May 26, 2019, the same day it operationally opened.

On July 12, 2019 the new Stanton Territorial Hospital officially opened with an opening ceremony. Dexterra was announced as the Facility Manager for the 30-year contract in a government press release the same day. [18] The role includes cleaning and catering for the cafeteria.

Features

The new Stanton Territorial Hospital building is 27,500 m² - over twice the footprint of the previous structure - and stands 31 metres tall. [19]

A list of features as mentioned on a GNWT Quick Facts handout: [18]

It is the largest health facility - and the largest capital project - ever undertaken by the territory.

Parking

Stanton Territorial Hospital has 375 free parking stalls in a single, central lot for use by both staff and the general public. [3] The lot is also used by the adjacent Łıwegǫ̀atì building.

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