Crews have finished building a temporary health-care facility at the Peter Lougheed Centre in Calgary, according to an Alberta Health Services statement issued Saturday.
The 766-square-metre field hospital — called a Sprung Pandemic Response facility — will add capacity to “meet increasing demand caused by the COVID-19 pandemic,” AHS said.
It took under three weeks to build, and has 67 beds and support space for staff, according to AHS. If necessary, the facility will accommodate people with confirmed, possible or probable cases of COVID-19, AHS said. “Currently, AHS is able to meet patient demands within existing facilities in the Calgary zone due to strong planning and actions taken to build hospital capacity,” said Dr.