The Cariboo Memorial Hospital redevelopment project is underway and over the next three to six years, people in Williams Lake and the Cariboo-Chilcotin will benefit from this modernized and expanded hospital.
Interior Health is excited to share information about this project as it proceeds and update the community on potential impacts based on the construction schedule. The CMH redevelopment project includes an addition to the existing hospital as well as renovations to the existing facility.
- Phase 1, which includes the addition, began in April 2023 and is expected to be complete in late 2026.
- Phase 2, which includes renovations to the existing hospital, is planned to begin in fall 2026 and is scheduled to be complete in early 2029.
People will have increased access to health-care services as the expanded hospital will include:
- A new emergency department with 23 treatment spaces, an increase of 12; two trauma treatment bays; two specialized procedure rooms; an ambulance carport; and a separate public entrance.
- A new medical/surgical inpatient unit with 36 beds, an increase of 16.
- A new mental health and substance use inpatient unit with eight single-occupancy rooms.
- An expanded ambulatory care and oncology unit with 16 renovated treatment spaces.
- An expanded maternity and women’s health unit with four single-occupancy rooms for maternity care, two nursery rooms and two women’s health beds in private rooms. The maternity area will allow parents to stay in the same room with their babies until they are ready to go home.
- An expanded pharmacy, providing additional space for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.
- An interfaith sacred space for traditional cultural and healing practices.
- Smudging in patient rooms.
- 71 new parking stalls.
- A new UBC Faculty of Medicine academic space.
