The East Kootenay Regional Hospital (EKRH) is in the East Kootenay health service area and responsible for providing core medical and surgical specialty services to patients throughout its service area.
Located in Cranbrook, between Kimberley and Fernie, EKRH offers services including core physician specialties, 24 hour emergency and trauma services, Level 3 laboratory, acute and obstetrical care. The List of Services at this hospital is long, running from Aboriginal Patient Navigator Service to Wound Care. Nearly as long is the List of Amenities, running from ATM to TVs.
In 2015 the hospital was the scene of much "clatter and bang" as it underwent renovations, upgrades and expansion to better serve the area. A Kootenay News Advertiser news article of August, 2015, the beginning of which can be read below, has more detail.
New intensive care unit and upgrades
are in the final stretch
by Contributed - Kootenay News Advertiser
posted Aug 13, 2015 at 1:00 PM
Interior Health is entering the home stretch on a new intensive care unit (ICU) and major electrical upgrades to East Kootenay Regional Hospital in Cranbrook.
The new building structure for the ICU and electrical equipment is complete and the brick work, windows, roof and other exterior building components are nearly complete, with the final connections with the existing hospital now almost complete. The interior finishing is well underway with the ceilings, doors, glass and painting on track for completion in August. The exterior ground work has begun and rough grading will be complete soon, followed by the paving and landscaping which will include grass for most areas and a line of street trees along 24th Ave N.
The major electrical has all been installed and final connections will be completed late this summer. The commissioning and the connection of the existing hospital to the new electrical system will continue through the fall.
Work will continue on site from approximately 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. throughout the summer, and the public can expect periodic interruptions to normal traffic patterns during construction. Interior Health is working with the project contractor to minimize these impacts and appreciates the ongoing patience of local residents and visitors to the hospital as these major improvements to EKRH move forward.
[The story goes on with details of further work in progress.]
From the Kootenay News Advertiser