WEYBURN – The Weyburn Rotary Club delivered their pledge of $50,000 to the Weyburn and District Hospital Foundation on Thursday, earmarked for the new hospital currently under construction.
The pledge was presented by club president Jill Thorn and club member Duane Schultz.
The provincial government has committed a total of $127.9 million in total to the new 35-bed hospital facility, with $38 million in place for the first year of construction.
Earthmoving on the site on Fifth Avenue North began in early June, and the ground-breaking ceremony was held on June 12 with government and health officials on hand, and the Hospital Foundation.
The facility will include 25 acute care beds and 10 inpatient mental health beds, to be relocated from Tatagwa View care facility, plus a new base of operations for Weyburn EMS, a helipad, and the new offices for the Weyburn and District Hospital Foundation.
The 35-bed facility will have 9,730 square metres of space to replace the existing Weyburn hospital.
The Weyburn Hospital Foundation has raised $26 million to date for the building and for new equipment, and stakeholders, such as community groups and municipalities, have pledged a total of $9.6 million towards the new facility.
