Major expansion underway for parking lot at Sackville Memorial Hospital
Horizon Health is adding 88 spaces to the Sackville Memorial Hospital parking lot, but while work is happening, the number of available spaces will be reduced.
In an emailed statement to CHMA, Blaine Lynch, Regional Director Facilities, Engineering and Property Management with Horizon says that the work is meant to “improve traffic circulation on-site and to expand the parking capacity for patients, visitors, and staff. The additional parking capacity will also be beneficial with the arrival of Beal University’s nursing program at the hospital.”
About 18 nursing students are expected to begin studying at new Beal University classroom space at the hospital in January, according to Kerry Kennedy, regional director of talent acquisition with Horizon, speaking at a public meeting on October 12.
The expanded parking lot will replace a large lawn with trees that run along the Main Street side of the hospital property.
Horizon is advising that the Queen’s Road entrance to the parking lot will be the most direct access for the duration of the construction. The Main Street entrance will still be available for one-way, incoming traffic only, and drivers will have to drive around the rear of the hospital to gain access to the parking lot.
A notice distributed by Horizon also says that fencing and temporary signage on site are expected to be in place until November 3, and the project will be completed shortly after that.… Continue
Horizon making space at Sackville hospital for Beal nursing classes, which could start in January 2024
Beal University Canada has completed an institutional review with the Maritime Provinces Higher Education Commission and is now undergoing a programming approval process for a Bachelor of Science in Nursing program which it plans to offer partly based out of the Sackville Memorial Hospital (SMH).
Horizon recently published an update on the physical changes happening at the hospital to make room for Beal classrooms. Some services, such as diabetic education and respiratory therapy services, have been moved out of the hospital and into the Tantramar Community Health Centre, a privately-owned building across the parking lot from the hospital. Other services will be relocated within the hospital itself, and Horizon says it has already completed renovations to make the relocations work.
There are still some services in the former Queens Unit of the hospital that will need to be relocated to make way for Beal University, according to the Horizon update.
Horizon emphasized that all services will remain within the Tantramar Community.
You can read the full update from Horizon here.
Beal University Canada president Holly McKnight says if all goes as planned, nursing students will start clinical labs and classes at the SMH in January 2024.
McKnight is hosting a meet and greet for potential new students in Sackville on Monday. She’ll be at the Sackville Visitor Information Centre from 9am to 6pm on July 17, 2023 to answer questions and share information.… Continue