September 18, 2007
Surrey Memorial Hospital Foundation > Media Room > September 18, 2007

Lark Group commits $250,000 to Emergency Centre Campaign
 

Surrey, B.C. – A development, construction, and management company that has witnessed Surrey’s growth for more than three decades has pledged $250,000 towards Surrey Memorial Hospital’s new Emergency Centre.
 

The Lark Group is a partner in Surrey Memorial Hospital Foundation’s $15 million Emergency Centre Campaign. “Surrey is one of the fastest growing cities in Canada,” notes company President Larry Fisher. “The Lark Group is pleased to do our part to help the hospital keep up with the needs of its emergency patients.”
 

Founded 35 years ago, Lark Group has focused on institutional, industrial and commercial development and construction. Currently, the company is one of the province’s largest care facility developers, with 2,000 beds completed or under construction.
 

Surrey Memorial Hospital’s current ER – the busiest in B.C. - was designed to handle about 44-thousand visits a year but has instead been seeing close to 70-thousand patients a year.
 

The new Emergency Centre, at triple the size of the current facility, will include a separate children’s ER, as well as a separate mental health and addictions area, an enhanced minor treatment unit, and an improved area for acute patients.

The B.C. government has committed to funding the essentials of a replacement to Surrey Memorial Hospital’s current E.R. The Foundation’s $15-million campaign will ensure the new Emergency Centre is state-of-the-art. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2008.

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For more information or interviews, contact:
Jason Howe
Public Affairs Director
Surrey Memorial Hospital Foundation
604-585-5666 ext 8284
cell: 604-613-6873
jason.howe[at]fraserhealth.ca
www.smhfoundation.com