British Columbia Premier John Horgan announced on Thursday the plan for a new tower at Richmond Hospital, which he said will be larger than originally planned.

Once finished, the new tower will have nearly 220 beds, for a total of 350.

Horgan also said the tower will include a new emergency department, a fully equipped medical imaging area, as well as health services including pediatrics and mental health facilities.

“It’s clear that these expanded projects will mean more care for people over a longer period of time,” he said.

The premier stated that in 2018 he and Health Minister Adrian Dix first announced that a concept plan had been approved for a new tower at Richmond Hospital, but that this plan is “far larger, far grander, far more ambitious.”

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