Emergency Centre - Critical Care Tower

Fraser Health is developing a master plan that will guide the development of the 20 acre SMH site into a world-class health campus and model medical community that serves the entire Fraser Health district.

This new campus will specialize in children’s and women’s maternal health and, with the University of British Columbia, bring an expanded Clinical Academic Campus to the City of Surrey.

This master plan will be developed in three phases that will establish Surrey Memorial Hospital as a key regional hospital within the network of hospitals in Fraser Health and the Lower Mainland. Plans include:

• Developing a new state-of-the-art emergency facility, which will improve service and reduce Emergency Department congestion and meet population health care needs to 2020. 
   
• Creating a new, centralized tertiary perinatal program along with a Maternal/Child centre to address the needs of the growing younger population in the Fraser Health region. This will ensure that sick children and their families in Fraser South receive care closer to home. 
   
• Expanding the critical care capacity at SMH for both intensive care and high-dependency care in order to meet the critical care needs for the services on the SMH site, as well as the needs created by SMH’s wider role in the Fraser Health and Lower Mainland critical care system. 
   
• Increasing the number of inpatient beds at SMH to meet the needs of the community of Surrey. 
   
• Support the government’s medical education mandate by providing high-quality teaching and learning facilities at SMH that are necessary to retain and recruit health professionals.
   
•  By donating now, you will help bring the Emergency Centre Campaign one step closer to completion.

Surrey Memorial Hospital Foundation's Emergency Centre Campaign

THE NEED - THE FACTS - THE PLAN

THE NEED

Located in one of fastest growing cities in the country, Surrey Memorial Hospital is the second largest hospital in BC with the province’s busiest Emergency Department. 87,000 patients per year visit its Emergency in a facility built for 44,000.

While staff do everything possible to minimize the wait for treatment, the emergency suffers from overcrowding, lack of privacy and long line-ups. A new Emergency Centre will allow the hospital to deliver emergency services in a safe, efficient and patient-friendly manner. It is critical to maintaining the quality of life in Surrey’s growing community – now and in the future.

THE FACTS

• BC Government has announced plans to invest in five-storey tower that will include a new Emergency Centre for Surrey Memorial.
  
  

• Surrey Memorial Hospital Foundation has embarked on a capital campaign to raise an additional $15 million to ensure that the facility is state-of-the-art and equipped with the best in medical technology.
  
  

• More than half of admitted patients at Surrey Memorial enter the hospital through the ER.
  
  

• Surrey Memorial’s ER sees more than 230 patients on an average day.
  

• 20% of all emergency visits to Surrey Memorial Hospital each year are pediatric. Within the province, only BC Children's Hospital sees more children in their emergency than Surrey Memorial.  

• Between now and 2020, ER visits are projected to increase to more than 100,000 

THE PLAN

Exciting plans are underway for an innovative, state-of-the-art Emergency Centre that will be up to five times the size of the current ER. This will enhance our ability to provide fast, responsive care and offer comfortable space for patients and waiting families.

Built with the best clinical practices in mind, the new Emergency Centre will apply the finest architectural practices from around the world. It will be bright and visually pleasing, with wider corridors, larger treatment spaces, additional soundproofing for noise control and easy access to parking and public transit. 

The new Emergency Centre will include four patient-focused treatment areas:

• Mental Health & Addictions Crisis Response Unit – Ideally situated close to the ambulance entrance, this area will provide much-needed assessment, stabilization and initial treatment facilities for people with mental health and addiction problems.

• Children’s ER – The Children’s ER will be bright and family-oriented and will include fully-equipped nursing stations as well as a dedicated bed area. It will be separate from the acute and mental health treatment areas to reduce anxiety for children and their families.
  
  

• Acute Patient Treatment Area – Patients with acute injuries that require urgent medical attention will be treated in the Acute Patient Treatment Area. This area will be significantly larger than the existing space, enabling staff to safely and efficiently treat patients, significantly improving patient care.
  

• Minor Treatment Unit – Designed to increase efficiency and significantly reduce waiting times in the ER, the Minor Treatment Unit will accommodate patients with less severe injuries or illnesses. It will include a waiting area and fully-equipped examination rooms.

In addition to the patient focused treatment areas, the new Emergency Centre will also include expanded dedicated areas for police and emergency responders, and a designated area to monitor patients with heart conditions and chest pains.

These enhancements will substantially improve Surrey Memorial’s efficiency, enhance the emergency care we offer to patients and place the hospital in a better position to continue attracting and retaining the finest medical expertise, supported by the latest medical equipment and technology.