Published 17 April 2012 Plenary Health: Preferred Bidder on Interior Heart and Surgical Centre

The British Columbia Ministry of Health and Interior Health have announced that Plenary Health is the Preferred Bidder for the Interior Heart and Surgical Centre, at Kelowna General Hospital in British Columbia.

"Plenary Health is thrilled to have been selected as preferred proponent for the Interior Heart and Surgical Centre, amid a world-class field of contenders", said Mike Marasco, CEO of Plenary Health. "We are very excited about this project, which will be a true landmark for access to cardiac care in the Interior. We look forward to concluding the procurement and are looking ahead to partnering with the local community in Kelowna to bring the new Centre to life."

The Interior Heart and Surgical Centre will be the first cardiac critical care centre in the province, outside the Lower Mainland, and will incorporate capacity for 15 operating rooms, surgical support services, including a cardiac surgery intensive care unit, an expanded central sterilization reprocessing department and a pre and post-operative care unit. The Centre will enable doctors to perform approximately up to 600 open heart procedures per year.

The project includes the design, construction, finance and maintenance of the new centre over a 30-year period.

Members of the Plenary Health consortium include:

  • Plenary Group
  • HOK Architects
  • CEI Architecture Planning Interiors
  • PCL Constructors Westcoast Inc.
  • Johnson Controls Inc.

The official press release can be viewed at http://www.partnershipsbc.ca/files-4/documents/2012HLTH0034-000440.pdf.

Plenary Group is Canada’s leading developer of on-time, on-budget and performance-guaranteed healthcare facilities. For more information on Plenary Group, please visit our website at www.plenarygroup.com.

For more information:

Plenary Group
Olivia MacAngus
VP, Corporate Development
(416) 309-2200
Olivia.macangus@plenarygroup.com

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