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No long-term care at new Hay River hospital concerns residents

Residents of Hay River are concerned that there are no plans for long-term care beds in the town's new health centre.

Minister says places will be found for hospital's current long-term patients

Residents of Hay River are concerned that there are no plans for long-term care beds in the towns new health centre, though there are 10 currently in H.H. Williams Memorial hospital.

Tom Beaulieu, N.W.T. minister of Health and Social Services, says long-term care at the current Hay River hospital won't be shut down until there is somewhere to put the patients. (CBC)

A new long-term care facility is being built in Fort Smith and the territory is looking at adding facilities to other communities as well. The government believes this will alleviate some of the demand on the Hay River facility.

"We're not going to shut down the long-term care at the current hospital until we have somewhere to put the patients," said Tom Beaulieu, minister of Health and Social Services.

The new health centre will cost $50 million, and is slated to be finished around the summer of 2015.

It will have 14 acute care beds, a covered garage bay for ambulances and a labour room.