Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority
Office régional de la santé d’Entre-les-Lacs et de l’Est
Health authority overview
Formed2012
TypeRegional health authority
JurisdictionInterlake and Eastman regions, Manitoba
Headquarters233A Main St, Selkirk, MB
Employees3,200 (Oct 2020)
Annual budget$ CAD (2020)
Health authority executives
  • Glen West, Board Chair
  • Dr. David Matear, CEO
Key documents
Websitesouthernhealth.ca

Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority (IERHA; French: Office régional de la santé d’Entre-les-Lacs et de l’Est) is the governing body responsible for healthcare delivery and regulation for the Interlake and eastern regions of Manitoba.[1]

Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority is one of 5 regional health authorities (RHAs) in Manitoba and is designated as an official French-language RHA.[1] It was formed in 2012 by the merger of the former Interlake and North Eastman Regional Health Authorities.[2]

As one of Manitoba's largest health regions,[3] with an area of 61,000 square kilometres (24,000 sq mi), the Interlake-Eastern region (IER) stretches from the east to the Manitoba–Ontario border; north to the 53rd parallel; west to the eastern shores of Lake Manitoba; and south to Winnipeg’s northern perimeter, where it dips down eastward, slightly past the city below the Trans-Canada Highway towards Ontario. Moreover, a significant portion of the region is considered to be part of northern Manitoba—such as Berens River—some with a remote area that is only accessible via air, water, or a winter road system.[1][4]

As of October 2019, the IERHA includes 10 hospitals, 16 personal care homes, 17 community health offices, and 19 EMS stations; as well as 1 "Quick Care" clinic (Selkirk) and 6 dialysis sites (with 40 stations in total).[4] The Interlake-Eastern Health Foundation provides financial support to all of the region's facilities and programs to further improve "dedicated patient care."[3]

Communities

As of June 2019, the Interlake-Eastern region has a population of 132,000 residents, 27% of which is represented by the IER's 17 First Nation communities.[4]

Designated as an official French-language regional health authority, the Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority has 2 French-language service areas: one surrounding St. Laurent on the west, the other surrounding St. Georges and Powerview-Pine Falls on the east.[1][4]

The region includes the communities of:

Facilities

Health sites in IER[4]
Location

(type)

 Municipality Health centres[5] Other health sites
Health centre Hospital

(acute care beds)

 Personal care home Community health office EMS site Dialysis and other
Arborg

(town)

 N/A Arborg & Districts Health Centre Arborg Hospital (14) Yes Yes Yes
Ashern West Interlake Lakeshore General Hospital (14) Yes Yes Yes Dialysis site
Beausejour

(town)

 N/A Beausejour Health Centre Beausejour Hospital (30) Yes Yes Yes
Berens River

(unincorporated)

 N/A Dialysis site
Bissett

(unincorporated)

 N/A Yes[lower-roman 1]
Eriksdale West Interlake E.M. Crowe Memorial Hospital (13) Yes Yes
— Fisher Yes[lower-roman 2]
Fisher Branch Fisher Yes Yes
Gimli

(unincorporated)

 Gimli Gimli Community Health Centre Johnson Memorial Hospital (26) Yes Yes Yes Dialysis site
Gypsumville

(unincorporated)

 Grahamdale Yes
Hodgson

(unincorporated)

 Fisher Dialysis site
Lac du Bonnet

(town)

 N/A Yes Yes Yes
Lundar

(local urban district)

 Coldwell Yes Yes Yes
Oakbank

(unincorporated)

 Springfield Yes Yes Yes
Pinawa

(local government district)

 N/A Pinawa Hospital (17) Yes Yes
Pine Falls

(town)

 N/A Pine Falls Health Complex Pine Falls Hospital (23) Yes Yes Yes Dialysis site
Riverton

(unincorporated urban)

 Bifrost – Riverton Yes Yes
Selkirk

(city)

 N/A Selkirk Regional Health Centre[6][7] Selkirk & District General Hospital (65) Yes (3) Yes Yes
  • "Quick Care" clinic
  • Dialysis site
St. Laurent

(unincorporated)

 St. Laurent Yes Yes
Stonewall

(town)

 N/A Stonewall & District Health Centre Dr. Evelyn Memorial Hospital (15) Yes Yes Yes
Teulon

(town)

 N/A Hunter Memorial Hospital (20) Yes Yes Yes
— West St. Paul Yes
Whitemouth Whitemouth Yes Yes

Selkirk Regional Health Centre

Selkirk Regional Health Centre
Selkirk & District General Hospital
Geography
Location120 Easton Drive, Selkirk, MB
Organisation
Funding
  • Government of Manitoba
  • Interlake-Eastern Health Foundation
  • Lions Club International Foundation ($130,000 for new MRI)
TypeRegional
Services
Beds65
Links
WebsiteIERHA SHRC page
Building details
General information
Renovated2014-2017
Renovation cost$111 m CAD
Technical details
MaterialTyndall stone
Floor area180,506 sq ft (16,769.6 m2)
Renovating team
Architect(s)
  • EllisDon (construction)
  • LM Architectural Group and Stantec (design)
Awards and prizesLEED silver standard
Other information
Parking332 new stalls

In 2017, the IERHA completed the Selkirk Regional Health Centre (SRHC) to better accommodate residents health-care needs in the Interlake-Eastern RHA.[7]

The SRHC is the centre of specialty surgical services in the region, as well as the region's family birthing unit.[3]

The new SRHC, whose construction began in Spring 2014, is located between the former general hospital at 100 Easton Dr. and the Selkirk Recreation Complex at 180 Easton Dr.[6] Among other things, the renovation increased Selkirk's bed count from 53 to 65, expanded the outpatient area, tripled the size of the former emergency department, and provided a new interventional fluoroscopy room;[7][8] as well as introducing the region's only CT-scan equipment and the region's first MRI—the 12th MRI unit in the province and one of only three outside of Winnipeg.[3][8] The facility also has over 1,600 square metres (17,000 sq ft) of window.[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Staffed on-call only
  2. ↑ Not staffed by IERHA

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "About Us." Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  2. ↑ Kusch, Larry (25 April 2012). "Health authorities agree to mergers". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 https://www.ierha.ca/data/2/rec_docs/26972_IERHA_Guide_FINAL.pdf
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "IERHA Region at a Glance." Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority. 2020 October.
  5. ↑ "Hospital Locations." IERHA.
  6. 1 2 "Selkirk Regional Health Centre." IERHA.
  7. 1 2 3 "Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority - Construction facts".
  8. 1 2 https://www.ierha.ca/data/2/rec_docs/21107_New_Selkirk_Regional_Health_Centre_article.pdf
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