A brand-new power plant is ready for operations at the Lions Gate Hospital on March 1.
The new power plant is located under the former East 14th Street on the hospital campus, in between the HOpe Centre and Evergreen House.
It replaces the original power plant that was built when the hospital opened back in 1961.
The new power plant will be more efficient with six boilers handling the hospital’s needs, according to Vancouver Coastal Health.
The plant is also built to seismic standards and can run for 72 hours on an emergency basis.
It has two levels that contain equipment for steam and hot water generation, along with all the major mechanical, electrical, medical gas, water and other systems for the LGH campus.
The boilers can be moved to different locations around the site and be replaced individually, increasing the life of the power plant.
The new plant is also a key piece of infrastructure that lays the ground work for the expansion of the hospital and construction of the new six-storey acute care facility.
“It would be impossible to build a new acute care facility at LGH without the new power plant in place,” said Keith McBain, executive director of the LGH redevelopment.
Earlier in the month, two oxygen concentrators were also commissioned at the Lions Gate Hospital.
Having these concentrators located at the hospital means oxygen is no longer needed to be trucked to the site from Washington State.
The concentrators are not only environmentally sustainable, but allow the hospital to be self-sufficient in the event of an emergency like an earthquake or natural disaster.
The concentrators are also a crucial piece of infrastructure that lays the groundwork for the hospital’s eventual expansion.
The proposed $170 million LGH expansion project is scheduled to open in mid-2023 and include 225,000 square feet of new and improved floor space.
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The installation at Lions Gate Hospital proved conclusively, that larger urban hospitals can now realize the same benefits of an oxygen concentrator supply as smaller remote hospitals have enjoyed in Canada, for decades!
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