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24/09/2008
Critical Care Unit Construction Underway At RVH
The third major project in the Royal Victoria Hospital Group redevelopment programme - following the main hospital block and the new Imaging Centre completed in 2006 and 2007 - is now underway.
The first sod on the site of the new £143.5 million Critical Care Unit was cut this week to mark the beginning of the work.
On site to carry out the traditional ceremony, NI Health Minister Michael McGimpsey (pictured) said: "The new facilities will benefit from the latest innovations in design and technology and provide regional emergency, trauma and burns services to some of the most severely injured people in Northern Ireland.
"Securing safe, high quality, state-of-the-art health facilities is a top priority for me and my department.
"Our staff deserve to be working in modern facilities so that they can deliver the best services for the public.
"This investment demonstrates how we are modernising our infrastructure so it is fit for the 21st Century," added Mr McGimpsey.
The Critical Care Unit will incorporate an Accident and Emergency Department, Theatres Unit; 40 Critical Care beds; and a 10-bed Burns Unit with Theatre and Day facilities
Work on the new Critical Care Unit is expected to be completed by May 2012.
(PR/JM)(BMcC)
The first sod on the site of the new £143.5 million Critical Care Unit was cut this week to mark the beginning of the work.
On site to carry out the traditional ceremony, NI Health Minister Michael McGimpsey (pictured) said: "The new facilities will benefit from the latest innovations in design and technology and provide regional emergency, trauma and burns services to some of the most severely injured people in Northern Ireland.
"Securing safe, high quality, state-of-the-art health facilities is a top priority for me and my department.
"Our staff deserve to be working in modern facilities so that they can deliver the best services for the public.
"This investment demonstrates how we are modernising our infrastructure so it is fit for the 21st Century," added Mr McGimpsey.
The Critical Care Unit will incorporate an Accident and Emergency Department, Theatres Unit; 40 Critical Care beds; and a 10-bed Burns Unit with Theatre and Day facilities
Work on the new Critical Care Unit is expected to be completed by May 2012.
(PR/JM)(BMcC)
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