Bethesda Regional Health Centre

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
Location316 Henry Street, Steinbach, Manitoba, Canada
Coordinates49°31′46″N 96°40′49″W
Organization
Care systemPublic Medicare (Canada)
TypeGeneral
Services
Emergency departmentYes
Beds73[1][2]
History
Opened1963[2]
Links
WebsiteBethesda Hospital
ListsHospitals in Canada

History

The 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

Emergency room

The 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

In 2020, 455 births took place at the hospital's obstetrics department.[13]

References
  1. "Hospital Beds Staffed and In Operation, 2020–2021". Canadian Institute for Health Information. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  2. "Backgrounder: Bethesda Health Centre Health Care Improvement" (PDF). Government of Manitoba. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  3. "Construction begins on new renal unit at Steinbach hospital". CBC Manitoba. 22 August 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  4. "Our History". Bethesda Hospital Foundation.
  5. "Memorable Manitobans: Abram Andreas Vogt (1887-1968)". Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  6. "Bethesda Foundation Ups ER Funding". Steinbach Online. 17 December 2010.
  7. Steinbach’s Bethesda emergency department expansion underway. Mysteinbach.ca, 19 June 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  8. "Bethesda Hospital Expansion, Steinbach". Government of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
  9. "Bethesda: New Name, New Director". SteinbachOnline. 17 September 2013.
  10. Kenton Dyck (4 April 2023). "Work begins on Bethesda Hospital expansion". Steinbach Online.
  11. "Steinbach getting 3 new operating rooms for surgeries as part of $30-M hospital expansion". CBC Manitoba. 28 February 2023.
  12. "Bethesda Emergency Department Redevelopment Moving Forward with 45,000 Square-Foot Expansion". Government of Manitoba. 3 June 2011. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  13. Carol Sanders (4 May 2021). "Midwives want more positions delivered". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
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