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Cape Breton Regional Hospital

Opened in 1995, the Cape Breton Regional Hospital is the main referral and trauma centre for Cape Breton Island. It currently has 162 acute care beds, 36 emergency beds, 23 intermediate and critical care beds, 40 maternal child beds, 52 mental health and addictions beds, and nine palliative care beds.

A major expansion of the Cape Breton Regional Hospital in Sydney will include a new Cape Breton Cancer Centre, Energy Centre and a Clinical Services Building that will house a new emergency department, critical care department, inpatient beds, maternal/newborn services and surgical services with a cardiac catheterization lab.

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Other Improvements Include

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New Inpatient Beds

  • Two, new 36 bed units with larger rooms that will offer privacy and comfort to patients and families.

New Surgical Suites

  • Eight new OR suites are being built as part of the new Clinical Services Building at the Cape Breton Regional Hospital and a new cardiac catheterization lab.

Maternal and Newborn Services

  • Part of the Clinical Services Building, the new Maternal and Newborn Services unit will provide a more supportive, private and comfortable space for patients, parents and families.
  • The unit will maintain key adjacencies to the new operating rooms.
  • Changing from two separate units (Labour and Delivery Unit and Postpartum Unit) to Labour Delivery Recovery Postpartum (LDRP) rooms will allow for labour, delivery, recovery and postpartum care to take place in the same hospital room.

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New Cape Breton Cancer Centre

The Cape Breton Cancer Centre opened in 1998 and currently serves more than double the patients for which it was built.

The new, larger centre will provide a more comfortable, supportive centre focused on patients and their families. Technology and additional supports under one roof will enhance the quality of care for patients, closer to home, and reduce the number of visits over the course of treatment.

Other Benefits of the Cape Breton Cancer Centre include:

  • Increase ability to deliver chemotherapy and provide flexibility to adapt to future changes in treatment
  • Space to allow for the addition of supports like education, nutrition, psychology, and social work
  • Options for holistic care as part of treatment
  • Space for volunteer programs
  • Audio-visual equipment so patients can virtually include their families in their treatment
  • State-of-the-art facilities that will help attract researchers and clinicians to advance cancer care and improve outcomes for patients
  • More opportunity for research, innovation, and participation in clinical trials here at home
  • Limited disruption of treatment during construction (new build)

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Emergency Department

Since the Cape Breton Regional Hospital opened in 1995, the emergency department has been renovated five times to help accommodate more patients and services.

The new emergency department will be larger with more exam and patient rooms. Emergency patients will be able to access services such as CT scanner, x-rays and ultrasound without leaving the department. 

Other Benefits of the Expanded Emergency Department include:

  • Providing more complete emergency services in the emergency department like diagnostic imaging
  • Larger exam and treatment rooms
  • Improving layout to allow for easier movement of patients and staff
  • Larger ambulance bay
  • Increasing use of telemedicine technologies
  • Limited disruption of services during construction (new building)

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Critical Care Department

The Cape Breton Regional Hospital is home to the second-largest Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in the province. It also has a Coronary Care Unit (CCU) and an Intermediate Care Unit (IMCU).

The new department will be larger in size with more privacy, and new, seperate spaces for families. 

Other Benefits of the Expanded Critical Care Department include:

  • Moving patients out of the emergency department (ED) and into critical care faster, reducing pressure on the ED
  • Larger rooms with more privacy for patients and space for families to sit comfortably at the bedside
  • Adding family and support rooms inside the units
  • Improving work environment for doctors and staff with the three special care units under one roof
  • Improved layout, providing more natural light
  • Limited disruption of services during construction (new build)
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