The expansion increased the number of acute care beds by 30% to 650 and included a new emergency department almost five times the size of the previous ER.
The $4.1 million project was a collaboration between the Province, Fraser Health, and the Surrey Hospitals Foundation, with significant contributions from donors.
The new unit is expected to open in 2025 and will significantly increase the hospital's capacity to treat patients with kidney disease.
[6] Premier W. A. C. Bennett of the British Columbia Social Credit Party required the community to contribute at least one-third of costs for construction.
The women who formed Surrey's first "Ladies Auxiliary" not only rose to the challenge, but personally delivered the funds to the premier in his Victoria office.
[8] [9] In 1992, the Surrey Hospital & Outpatient Centre Foundation was established which has since raised more than $60 million to purchase medical equipment, fund innovative programs, and support training and research.
This quickly expanded with the addition of trained breast and reconstructive surgeons Dr. Rhonda Janzen, Dr. Paul Oxley and Dr. Rizwan Mian.