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[northlands]

Assumedly if a new standalone Stollery was built, their existing 200 some bed space would become general inpatient beds, which would help a lot with the current capacity issues.

That said, it's still an interesting decision to shift focus onto a new Stollery instead of the SW hospital but one that is difficult to criticize. The SW hospital project is clearly much further along, and IMO arguably more needed at least for the Edmonton metro region (over 40% of Stollery patients are from outside of that).

 

[BASE]

The Stollery project is also needed and the benefit would be (I think) that it would give back a good chunk of space to the U of A hospital. The question is where the heck do you put that one if it is now the priority? I think they would like to have it close as it is convenient for specialists and such working between the two, not to mention things like Ronald McDonald house in the area.

 

[MacLac]

The Stollery project is also needed and the benefit would be (I think) that it would give back a good chunk of space to the U of A hospital. The question is where the heck do you put that one if it is now the priority? I think they would like to have it close as it is convenient for specialists and such working between the two, not to mention things like Ronald McDonald house in the area.

Apparently they spent a cool $1M trying to figure out where to put it.....I believe that was budgeted for 2023....so is the assessment completed? Who knows.....

 

[Avenuer]

Apparently they spent a cool $1M trying to figure out where to put it.....I believe that was budgeted for 2023....so is the assessment completed? Who knows.....

Rumor amongst the nurses at the Canadian Blood Services building (I donate there regularly) is that the Stollery wants to build their new building on the site of CBS. That seems to check out, at least since CBS will be moving to another location somewhere in 2025 as their lease isn't being renewed. I think it's an odd site to build on since there are still many less-utlilized sites on campus that would be much easier and cheaper to build on (i.e. parking lots).

 

[Kosy123]

Rumor amongst the nurses at the Canadian Blood Services building (I donate there regularly) is that the Stollery wants to build their new building on the site of CBS. That seems to check out, at least since CBS will be moving to another location somewhere in 2025 as their lease isn't being renewed. I think it's an odd site to build on since there are still many less-utlilized sites on campus that would be much easier and cheaper to build on (i.e. parking lots).

Is there any idea where CBS might be moving? I hope it's not in the middle of nowhere and somewhere near transit.

 

[northlands]

Rumor amongst the nurses at the Canadian Blood Services building (I donate there regularly) is that the Stollery wants to build their new building on the site of CBS. That seems to check out, at least since CBS will be moving to another location somewhere in 2025 as their lease isn't being renewed. I think it's an odd site to build on since there are still many less-utlilized sites on campus that would be much easier and cheaper to build on (i.e. parking lots).

I suspect they want immediate proximity (incl. tunnels which already exist for CBS) for patient transfer as there will still likely be procedures that will be done at the U of A itself, among many other reasons

The CCI for instance, despite being a standalone hospital on campus property, requires EMS transport for patients who require a procedure at the U of A. It's a huge PITA for patients who sometimes have to wait for hours after to get transport back and frankly not a great usage of ambulance resources.

 

[Gronk!]

Rumor amongst the nurses at the Canadian Blood Services building (I donate there regularly) is that the Stollery wants to build their new building on the site of CBS. That seems to check out, at least since CBS will be moving to another location somewhere in 2025 as their lease isn't being renewed. I think it's an odd site to build on since there are still many less-utlilized sites on campus that would be much easier and cheaper to build on (i.e. parking lots).

I suspect they want immediate proximity (incl. tunnels which already exist for CBS) for patient transfer as there will still likely be procedures that will be done at the U of A itself, among many other reasons

The CCI for instance, despite being a standalone hospital on campus property, requires EMS transport for patients who require a procedure at the U of A. It's a huge PITA for patients who sometimes have to wait for hours after to get transport back and frankly not a great usage of ambulance resources.

It's rather small, isn't it? There is a parking lot to the south and a parkade east of CBS.

 

[EdmTrekker]

As I've said elsewhere on this board in relation to other projects, I go based on past performance. I'm not the only one who fears that this government--which feels that it "owes" Edmonton nothing given that the capital voted entirely NDP--will find a way to delay or postpone this project indefinitely, attributing it to the state of the economy, to increases in material and labour costs, to competing needs elsewhere in the province, to the war in Gaza, to the fact that the Frasier reboot is so terrible, to the fact that even if the hospital were built we wouldn't have enough doctors and nurses to staff it, etc. etc.

I'll believe it's moving forward when I see contracts signed, a definitive timeline issued and actual, significant activity on the project site.

I share your thoughts - can’t trust this Premier or UCP to do anything good for Edmonton.

 

[EdmTrekker]

It's rather small, isn't it? There is a parking lot to the south and a parkade east of CBS.

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it’s the right location

 

[MacLac]

Throwing a dart: suppose a NEW Stollery comes in at $1B vs $4B for the new SW - 'ol Danni there figures she "gave" us a new Stollery AND gained 200 brand new beds for the low, low price of $1B!!!

 

[northlands]

It's rather small, isn't it? There is a parking lot to the south and a parkade east of CBS.

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My interpretation of @Avenuer post is they're going to demo the structure of the existing CBS building. They can then expand the new Stollery building into the southern surface lot if they require a larger foot print.

Don't think demo'ing the staff parkade nor the public parkade is a great idea because unfortunately, parking is still highly required, especially for the Stollery given the number of out of towners.

 

[northlands]

Throwing a dart: suppose a NEW Stollery comes in at $1B vs $4B for the new SW - 'old Danni there figures she "gave" us a new Stollery AND gained 200 brand new beds for the low, low price of $1B!!!

Stollery also is more funded through donations which alleviates cost on the Alberta Government's share.

 

[MacLac]

My interpretation of @Avenuer post is they're going to demo the structure of the existing CBS building. They can then expand the new Stollery building into the southern surface lot if they require a larger foot print.

Don't think demo'ing the staff parkade nor the public parkade is a great idea because unfortunately, parking is still highly required, especially for the Stollery given the number of out of towners.

Probably come with a giant parkade ala the MacKenzie.....

 

[BASE]

Include that parking lot to the south and that does indeed become a decent sized site actually.

The other space I wonder if they will build something someday is the NW corner of University ave and 114 street.

 

[Airboy]

The new nuro surgical ICU is taking up another ward of u of a