New 12-bed High Acuity Unit opens at the Nanaimo hospital

There is now room for more patients with serious health problems at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital.

The new “high-acuity” unit not only has a higher capacity than the one it replaced, but it comes with extensive improvements that are having a direct impact on staffing.

The new 12-bed high-acuity unit at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital (NRGH) for patients with complex needs, those who need more care than a regular hospital ward but not as much as they’d receive in intensive care.

Island Health says it’s got all the bells and whistles and is a vast improvement from the previous space.

“It is a game-changer in terms of our ability to provide care for the patients and the families that need it,” said Jane Marriott, Island Health’s clinical lead for the high-acuity unit.

The new unit