Innovative Technology

The new health-care complex will offer state-of-the-art operating suites designed specifically to incorporate and take advantage of sophisticated image-guided and laparoscopic surgery.

Operating rooms and Emergency Department trauma rooms will have articulating arms with enhanced video integration. The ceiling-mounted device acts as a command centre, incorporating all medical equipment, lights, monitors and medical gases; this will promote ease of movement for physicians and nurses during procedures.

Video integration will allow procedures to be filmed for viewing on monitors in the Operating Room suite. Procedures can also be broadcast to satellite locations at other teaching hospitals.

Cutting-edge diagnostic services for interventional radiology and endoscopy will also be incorporated in the new facility, as well as specialized water systems to support dialysis services and enhanced sterilization systems for operating room instruments and equipment.

The new health-care complex will have state-of-the-art clinical information technology for staff. Advances in medical information technology will enable the NHS to maintain patient records, diagnostic test results and radiological images electronically. This will allow NHS to adopt an 80 percent paperless system.

Patients will benefit because every doctor who treats them throughout their stay and beyond will have their complete medical information available at all times, promoting better medical care.