Ribbon cut on PAH's new maternity ward
The delivery of a new maternity ward at Peace Arch Hospital was celebrated by donors, dignitaries and special guests last week during an official opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony.
The Feb. 3 event was also attended by Oh Baby campaign poster child Vienna Voth, now 2, and Semiahmoo First Nation councillor Joanne Charles, who blessed the new ward.
Guests were given a tour of the renovated unit – which has 50 per cent more space and almost three times the birthing capacity of the old one – before being invited to a program and cake-cutting in the hospital’s cafeteria.
Operation of the ward marks the completion of three of five projects in the $32-million Partners in Caring campaign.
A new acute-care space and MRI have also been introduced, with the final two initiatives being the Integrated Centre for Health Improvement and a new emergency department.
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