b'BRANDON REGIONAL HEALTH CENTRE ANDWESTERN MANITOBA CANCER CENTREPhoto courtesy of Prairie Mountain Health.Construction is well underway on anin January of 2023. When completed, the A Centre for Hope that will provideexpansion of the current Brandonnew facility will provide: supportive care services to Westman Regional Health Centre (BRHC), as well as Additional exam/procedure rooms and an additional facility on the same groundspatients and families for all cancers, that will house the new Western Manitobatreatment spaces; offering a continuum of care starting Cancer Centre.A new medical linear accelerator,at the point of diagnosis and includingAccording to the most recent Provincecommonly used for delivering externaleducation, services and programming of Manitoba update, substantivebeam radiation treatments to patientsto support patients during theconstruction to expand BRHC began inwith cancer; and cancer journey.the fall of 2022, following the completion of work on an adjacent parking lot. Piling for the building expansion was completed by March of last year, with foundation work underway. Fast FactsWhen completed, the four-storey critical care bed tower project will establish BRHC as a centralized hub of specialized services for western Manitoba, providing: 30 additional medicine beds (bringingthe total to 90); Brandon Regional Health Centre A new 16-bed intensive care unit, upScheduled Completion Date: Late 2025 from the current nine, with additionalAnnounced Budget: $110 millionstaffed adult beds to meet the increasing demands of the healthWestern Manitoba Cancer Centreregion and province; and Scheduled Completion Date: 2025 An expanded neonatal intensive care Announced Budget: $26 millionunit, with additional space available for future expansion on the fourth floor, Contractor (Brandon Regional Health Centre andif required. Western Manitoba Cancer Centre): Bockstael ConstructionConstruction of the new 9,400-sq.-ft. Western Manitoba Cancer Centre began 50 BUILD MANITOBAwinnipegconstruction.ca'