Delta Hospital getting a new energy centre to power future expansion<\/p>\n
Published 2:30 pm Thursday, August 13, 2026<\/p>\n
Design and pre-construction work is now underway for a new $24.4-million energy centre at Delta Hospital.<\/p>\n
The project, announced by Fraser Health on Wednesday (Aug. 12), will bolster the facility\u2019s power systems while meeting the needs of the hospital and future projects \u2014 including the currently-paused Beedie Long-Term Care Centre and the installation of an MRI at the site.<\/p>\n
According to the health authority\u2019s press release, the new energy centre will increase electrical capacity at the site and provide the infrastructure needed to support future hospital expansion with Delta\u2019s population expected to grow by 31,000 people over the next 20 years.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur government continues to invest in Delta to support modernized health care to serve a growing and aging population,\u201d Ravi Kahlon, MLA for Delta North, said in Wednesday\u2019s press release.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis important project will play a key role in delivering the Beedie Long-Term Care Centre project as well as the hospital\u2019s MRI and other significant future projects.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fraser Health\u2019s release notes energy centres \u2014 which house generators, transformers, switchgears and other equipment \u2014 also play an important role in disaster-proofing hospital campuses so they can remain operational during events like power outages, floods and earthquakes.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs our communities grow, it\u2019s important that our hospitals are ready to grow with them,\u201d Sharat Chandra, Fraser Health\u2019s vice-president of planning, transformation and infrastructure, said in the release.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe new energy centre is an investment in the future of Delta Hospital. It provides the reliable infrastructure needed to support future expansion, new technology and the services people will rely on for years to come. We\u2019re proud to work with our partners to build a hospital that\u2019s ready to meet the needs of this growing community.\u201d<\/p>\n
Construction of the energy centre is starting in summer 2027 and expected to complete in spring 2028.<\/p>\n
Fraser Health says the project follows other recent, substantial investments in local health services, including the opening of the South Delta After-Hours Urgent and Primary Care Centre; the hiring of physicians and nurses to help stabilize Delta Hospital\u2019s emergency department; and work currently underway to install an MRI and build a new, purpose-built space for the hospital\u2019s endoscopy program.<\/p>\n
Those latter projects are both being fully funded by the Delta Hospital and Community Health Foundation.<\/p>\n
The organization\u2019s CEO, Lisa Hoglund, said the foundation has been proud to invest in transformative projects at the Delta Hospital campus, including the Beedie Long-Term Care Centre, expanded endoscopy services and our soon-to-be MRI unit.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis new energy centre will ensure Delta Hospital has the capacity and resilience required to accommodate other new technologies, additional services and future growth in our community, enabling our residents to access more care, closer to home,\u201d Hoglund said in a press release.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are proud to partner with Fraser Health and the province to help create a stronger health-care system for the people of Delta.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mayor George Harvie called investment in the new energy centre another important step forward in strengthening health care in the community.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs Delta continues to grow, it\u2019s critical that our hospital has the infrastructure needed to support expanded services, future projects and emergency preparedness,\u201d Harvie said in a press release.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to thank the province, Fraser Health and the Delta Hospital and Community Health Foundation for their continued partnership and commitment to providing Delta residents with access to high-quality health care close to home.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Delta Hospital getting a new energy centre to power future expansion Published 2:30 pm Thursday, August 13, 2026…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":857207,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,87674],"class_list":["post-857206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-surrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=857206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/857207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=857206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=857206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=857206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}