Halifax’s aging Victoria General Hospital will soon be the site of a major overhaul that includes the demolition of at least two of its buildings.
The plan for the site includes moving equipment and services from the older parts of the hospital, including the Centennial and Victoria buildings. These will be replaced with space in both existing structures and other healthcare facilities throughout the local area, and the construction of new ones.
The Dickson building will also be undergoing a revamp, and its Nova Scotia Cancer Centre will be expanded.
According to officials, as many as 40% of those who make use of the current hospital are from outside the Halifax/Dartmouth area, and moving the services that they use the most heavily to areas on the edge of the city may make them more accessible to those who need them.
The demolition of two of the hospital buildings will take place in 2022, and the entire plan is expected to take anywhere between five to seven years to finish completely. No cost estimate has been released for the project. Wide format printing can be used to produce everything from signage that will be used during the demolition and construction phase, to largescale reproductions of the artists’ concept drawings of what the final site will look like.
Further details about the plan have been posted on the QEII Redevelopment website.
