Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority
| Office régional de la santé d’Entre-les-Lacs et de l’Est | |
| Health authority overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 2012 |
| Type | Regional health authority |
| Jurisdiction | Interlake and Eastman regions, Manitoba |
| Headquarters | 233A Main St, Selkirk, MB |
| Employees | 3,200 (Oct 2020) |
| Annual budget | $ CAD (2020) |
| Health authority executives |
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| Key documents | |
| Website | www |
Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority (IERHA; French: Office régional de la santé d’Entre-les-Lacs et de l’Est) is the governing body responsible for healthcare delivery and regulation for the Interlake and eastern regions of Manitoba.[1]
Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority is one of 5 regional health authorities (RHAs) in Manitoba and is designated as an official French-language RHA.[1] It was formed in 2012 by the merger of the former Interlake and North Eastman Regional Health Authorities.[2]
As one of Manitoba's largest health regions,[3] with an area of 61,000 square kilometres (24,000 sq mi), the Interlake-Eastern region (IER) stretches from the east to the Manitoba–Ontario border; north to the 53rd parallel; west to the eastern shores of Lake Manitoba; and south to Winnipeg’s northern perimeter, where it dips down eastward, slightly past the city below the Trans-Canada Highway towards Ontario. Moreover, a significant portion of the region is considered to be part of northern Manitoba—such as Berens River—some with a remote area that is only accessible via air, water, or a winter road system.[1][4]
As of October 2019[update], the IERHA includes 10 hospitals, 16 personal care homes, 17 community health offices, and 19 EMS stations; as well as 1 "Quick Care" clinic (Selkirk) and 6 dialysis sites (with 40 stations in total).[4] The Interlake-Eastern Health Foundation provides financial support to all of the region's facilities and programs to further improve "dedicated patient care."[3]
Communities[edit]
As of June 2019[update], the Interlake-Eastern region has a population of 132,000 residents, 27% of which is represented by the IER's 17 First Nation communities.[4]
Designated as an official French-language regional health authority, the Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority has 2 French-language service areas: one surrounding St. Laurent on the west, the other surrounding St. Georges and Powerview-Pine Falls on the east.[1][4]
The region includes the communities of:
- Arborg
- Ashern
- Beausejour
- Fisher Branch
- Pinawa
- Gimli
- Lac du Bonnet
- Lundar
- Oakbank
- Pine Falls
- Riverton
- Selkirk
- Stonewall
- Whitemouth
Facilities[edit]
| Location
(type) |
Municipality | Health centres[5] | Other health sites | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health centre | Hospital | Personal care home | Community health office | EMS site | Dialysis and other | ||
| Arborg
(town) |
N/A | Arborg & Districts Health Centre | Arborg Hospital (14) | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Ashern | West Interlake | Lakeshore General Hospital (14) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Dialysis site | |
| Beausejour
(town) |
N/A | Beausejour Health Centre | Beausejour Hospital (30) | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Berens River | N/A | Dialysis site | |||||
| Bissett | N/A | Yes[i] | |||||
| Eriksdale | West Interlake | E.M. Crowe Memorial Hospital (13) | Yes | Yes | |||
| — | Fisher | Yes[ii] | |||||
| Fisher Branch | Fisher | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Gimli | Gimli | Gimli Community Health Centre | Johnson Memorial Hospital (26) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Dialysis site |
| Gypsumville | Grahamdale | Yes | |||||
| Hodgson | Fisher | Dialysis site | |||||
| Lac du Bonnet
(town) |
N/A | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Lundar | Coldwell | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Oakbank | Springfield | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Pinawa | N/A | Pinawa Hospital (17) | Yes | Yes | |||
| Pine Falls
(town) |
N/A | Pine Falls Health Complex | Pine Falls Hospital (23) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Dialysis site |
| Riverton
(unincorporated urban) |
Bifrost – Riverton | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Selkirk
(city) |
N/A | Selkirk Regional Health Centre[6][7] | Selkirk & District General Hospital (65) | Yes (3) | Yes | Yes |
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| St. Laurent | St. Laurent | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Stonewall
(town) |
N/A | Stonewall & District Health Centre | Dr. Evelyn Memorial Hospital (15) | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Teulon
(town) |
N/A | Hunter Memorial Hospital (20) | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| — | West St. Paul | Yes | |||||
| Whitemouth | Whitemouth | Yes | Yes | ||||
Selkirk Regional Health Centre[edit]
| Selkirk Regional Health Centre | |
|---|---|
| Selkirk & District General Hospital | |
| Geography | |
| Location | 120 Easton Drive, Selkirk, MB |
| Organisation | |
| Funding |
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| Type | Regional |
| Services | |
| Beds | 65
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| Links | |
| Website | IERHA SHRC page |
Building details | |
| General information | |
| Renovated | 2014-2017 |
| Renovation cost | $111 m CAD |
| Technical details | |
| Material | Tyndall stone |
| Floor area | 180,506 sq ft (16,769.6 m2) |
| Renovating team | |
| Architect(s) |
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| Awards and prizes | LEED silver standard |
| Other information | |
| Parking | 332 new stalls |
In 2017, the IERHA completed the Selkirk Regional Health Centre (SRHC) to better accommodate residents health-care needs in the Interlake-Eastern RHA.[7]
The SRHC is the centre of specialty surgical services in the region, as well as the region's family birthing unit.[3]
The new SRHC, whose construction began in Spring 2014, is located between the former general hospital at 100 Easton Dr. and the Selkirk Recreation Complex at 180 Easton Dr.[6] Among other things, the renovation increased Selkirk's bed count from 53 to 65, expanded the outpatient area, tripled the size of the former emergency department, and provided a new interventional fluoroscopy room;[7][8] as well as introducing the region's only CT-scan equipment and the region's first MRI—the 12th MRI unit in the province and one of only three outside of Winnipeg.[3][8] The facility also has over 1,600 square metres (17,000 sq ft) of window.[3]
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "About Us." Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
- ^ Kusch, Larry (25 April 2012). "Health authorities agree to mergers". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
- ^ a b c d e "Selkirk Regional Health Centre Guide book for residents" (PDF). Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 January 2019.
- ^ a b c d e "IERHA Region at a Glance" (PDF). Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority. October 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 June 2021.
- ^ "Hospital Locations." IERHA.
- ^ a b "Selkirk Regional Health Centre." IERHA.
- ^ a b c "Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority - Construction facts".
- ^ a b Long, Cheryl (May–June 2015). "Selkirk Regional Health Centre" (PDF). Business Elite Canada. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 April 2016.