Work on £7.5million unit to begin

Work on the new Renal Dialysis Unit at Withybush Hospital is due begin this week.

Funding recently approved by the Welsh Government means that the new £7.5million unit is expected to open its doors to its first patients in February 2014.

The unit will be built at the front of the hospital, replacing the current temporary facility at the back of the site, and it will mean patients will no longer have to travel out of the county for dialysis.

As part of the construction, traffic circulation routes around the hospital site will be improved, there will be increased parking provision for patients and visitors, staff and disabled people, together with improvements to the entrance to the hospital site.

Buses will also be able to drop off and pick up at the front entrance instead of on the main Fishguard Road.

Chairman Chris Martin said: “This new Withybush Renal Dialysis unit has been designed with future-proofing and efficiency and sustainability in mind and will ensure the Renal Dialysis service can be delivered to patients at the highest possible standards fit for the 21st Century from a building which is among the best in the world.”

The new unit will be the most energy efficient and environmentally sustainable building of its kind in the UK and will have a BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method) excellent rating which is the highest rating for energy efficiency and environmentally sustainability that can be achieved via the BREEAM accreditation system.

Energy saving measures include solar panelling to the roof, state-of-the-art lighting with sensor and daylight sensing lighting to corridors, toilets and office areas.

Comments(1)

sammychips says...
11:42am Tue 21 Aug 12

It is brilliant that the new dialysis unit is going to be built at Withybush Hospital, and i thoroughly agree that the SCBU unit must stay open as my daughter was placed there 22 years ago and the the staff on that ward were so attentive and caring above and beyond call of duty.But, oh my, how things have changed 22 years on , my daughter went to casualty on the 12th of Aug 2012 at 6.20am with severe groin and leg pain waited for one urine test to be done for over a hour because they did not have any dipsticks to test it ,it was over 6hrs before she was finally admitted after refusing to leave because a doctor had given a diagnosis without even examining her,so she finally went to ward 4 and then the nightmare began,there is absolutely no communication between staff to each other or to patients,the lack of it could lead to catastrophic failures towards the patients,obs not regularly completed,tests not carried out and unnecessary operations being carried out leading to infections that are not properly monitored before discharge leading to readmission and the whole horrid cycle being repeated again on ACDU upon readmission and subsequentely being moved to WARD 4 without ID tag and obs chart or drugs chart transferred with her so was unable to have obs or pain relief for over 8hrs , my daughter is being released today with antibiotics at long last and minus her appendix,but still with the original problem,any concerns go to your GP. I SINCERELY HOPE THAT CHRIS MARTIN IS ABLE TO EMPLOY DOCTORS AND NURSES FOR HIS NEW RENAL UNIT THAT ARE ACTUALLY CAPABLE OF DOING THEIR JOB THAT THEY ARE EMPLOYED TO DO, IE. CARE FOR THE PATIENT, HELP GET THEM BETTER NOT WORSE, CARRY OUT OBS WHEN SUPPOSED TO, COMMUNICATE WITH THE PATIENT IN A CARING AND CIVIL MANNER AND REPORT ANY CONCERNS TO THE DOCTOR INSTEAD OF LETTING THINGS FESTER. WE MIGHT THEN HAVE A HOSPITAL WE COULD BE PROUD OF .....

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