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Lakeshore General Hospital begins using 4 new ICUs

WATCH ABOVE: The Lakeshore General Hospital has begun using four new intensive care unit rooms. As Global's Gloria Henriquez reports it’s part of a larger improvement project costing $4.9 million – Feb 1, 2017

The Lakeshore General Hospital is now using four new intensive care units.

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The units are bigger than existing ICUs and feature state of the art equipment.

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Doctors and nurses were consulted in the design and the hospital says the units are more user-friendly now.

The new additions will also help with overcrowding since they’ll be able to care for an extra 270 patients per year.

The new units are part of Phase 1 of the project as 11 other ICUs are under construction.

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A third phase will revamp an old ICU into a facility specializing in care for patients who have suffered heart attacks.

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The three phases cost a total of $4.9 million.

Phase 2 is expected to be complete at the end of 2017.

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