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Shriners Hospital for Children – Canada
The new Shriners Hospital for Children in Montreal, Canada is set to open in October. This new 207,000-foot facility has 22 single-patient rooms, four surgical suites, including one designed specifically for back surgery, a 200-seat education center and features new services and technologies. It is six stories and also houses an ambulatory care infusion room and an operating room equipped with an O-arm surgical imaging system for spine surgery.
The design team used the colors and attractions of the different regions of Canada as inspiration for design elements throughout the space in order to make the facility welcoming and friendly to everyone. There are maple leafs in the reception area while the ambulatory clinic has been designed to look like a hockey rink.
Healthcare Design Magazine has a photo tour and article on this new facility. To read the article and view all the pictures, click here.
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- The reception desk of the inpatient unit on the 4th floor is designed to resemble a fishing boat. Photo: Benoit Desjardins
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- Regional landmarks inspired the imagery and colors shown on the wayfinding elements throughout the hospital. Photo: Benoit Desjardins
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- The ambulatory clinic inside the new hospital comes complete with a scoreboard to direct patients to their exam rooms and red hockey goal lights hanging from the ceiling. Photo: Benoit Desjardins
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- The child life services playroom and classroom on the 4th floor has an under-the-sea theme, with a large mural of whales, fish, and other sea creatures. The lights resemble bubbles slowly floating to the surface. Photo: Benoit Desjardins
Source: http://www.healthcaredesignmagazine.com/article/photo-tour-shriners-hospitals-children-canada
