Bethesda Regional Health Centre, formerly Bethesda Hospital, is a hospital in Steinbach, Manitoba, one of seventeen hospitals operated by the Southern Health - Santé Sud Regional Health Authority. Bethesda is the largest hospital in the Eastman region. The hospital currently has 73 beds to serve the community and area, a new expansion that will add 23 beds began construction in 2023.[2][3]
| Bethesda Regional Health Centre | |
|---|---|
| Southern Regional Health Authority | |
 | |
| Geography | |
| Location | 316 Henry Street, Steinbach, Manitoba, Canada |
| Coordinates | 49°31′46″N 96°40′49″W / 49.52944°N 96.68028°W |
| Organization | |
| Care system | Public Medicare (Canada) |
| Type | General |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Beds | 73[1][2] |
| History | |
| Opened | 1963[2] |
| Links | |
| Website | Bethesda Hospital |
| Lists | Hospitals in Canada |
History
editThe first hospital in Steinbach opened in 1929 by Abram Andreas Vogt and his sister Maria and operated under the name of the Vogt Hospital.[4][5] He and his sister operated the facility which then served as a home for disabled and chronically ill patients and was taken over by a local church in 1945.[5] The current building of the Bethesda Regional Health Centre opened in 1963 as a 63 bed facility and its name was taken from the biblical Pool of Bethesda in Jerusalem where Jesus miraculously healed a paralyzed man.[2][4]
The hospital underwent a $22 million upgrade to the Emergency Room in 2012.[6][7] The expansion was necessitated by the rapid population growth in the city of Steinbach and area.[8][9] A further CA$23 million expansion for the hospital began in 2023 with a westward expansion of the hospital to establish a new six-station renal dialysis unit and adding a further 15 acute care beds as well as eight surgical beds.[3][10] A short time later, the Government of Manitoba announced another CA$33 million dollar expansion in 2023 to add three modern operating rooms in the hospital and bringing the cost of the expansion to CA$64 million.[11]
Services
editEmergency room
editThe emergency room at Bethesda Regional Health Centre received approximately 25,000 visits a year as of 2011 and prior to the expansion in 2012.[12]
Obstetrics
editIn 2020, 455 births took place at the hospital's obstetrics department.[13]
References
edit- ^ "Hospital Beds Staffed and In Operation, 2020–2021". Canadian Institute for Health Information. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Backgrounder: Bethesda Health Centre Health Care Improvement" (PDF). Government of Manitoba. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- ^ a b "Construction begins on new renal unit at Steinbach hospital". CBC Manitoba. 22 August 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- ^ a b "Our History". Bethesda Hospital Foundation.
- ^ a b "Memorable Manitobans: Abram Andreas Vogt (1887-1968)". Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- ^ "Bethesda Foundation Ups ER Funding". Steinbach Online. 17 December 2010.
- ^ Steinbach’s Bethesda emergency department expansion underway. Mysteinbach.ca, 19 June 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
- ^ "Bethesda Hospital Expansion, Steinbach". Government of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
- ^ "Bethesda: New Name, New Director". SteinbachOnline. 17 September 2013.
- ^ Kenton Dyck (4 April 2023). "Work begins on Bethesda Hospital expansion". Steinbach Online.
- ^ "Steinbach getting 3 new operating rooms for surgeries as part of $30-M hospital expansion". CBC Manitoba. 28 February 2023.
- ^ "Bethesda Emergency Department Redevelopment Moving Forward with 45,000 Square-Foot Expansion". Government of Manitoba. 3 June 2011. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- ^ Carol Sanders (4 May 2021). "Midwives want more positions delivered". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 14 April 2023.