Monday, October 20, 2025
The Surrey Memorial Hospital’s renal facility celebrated a construction milestone, bringing residents are one step closer to enhanced kidney care.
“Reaching this construction milestone is a promise kept to the Surrey community,” said Bowinn Ma, Minister of Infrastructure. “Each step forward brings us closer to an improvedpatient experience and ensuring residents can access critical, life-saving care closer to homes and their loved ones. This new unit is an important investment in the health and well-being of people across the region.”
With the exterior complete, construction crews have finished installing the roof beams and are turning their focus to their interior, where they will begin building out treatment areas, patient spaces and workspaces, shaping the environment where patients will receive care.
Located on the northwestern corner of Surrey Memorial Hospital’s campus, the new stand-alone unit is expected to open in summer 2026 and is expected to:
- increase patient capacity and expand kidney-care services by 55%, helping meet the growing need for care in Surrey and nearby communities;
- provide state-of-the-art care that includes modern equipment to provide continued support and access to high-quality treatment;
- expand treatment options by adding 21 new kidney-care stations (hemodialysis), for a total of 60, so more patients can get the treatment they need when they need it; and
- create a brighter, more-calming space for patients. Large windows and skylight-style lighting will bring in natural light and help make treatments more comfortable.
“As a patient, I need regular and easy access to hemodialysis as a life-sustaining procedure,” said Frido Profoehr, a renal dialysis patient at Surrey Memorial Hospital. “The new hemodialysis facility will provide those services at an easily accessible and expanded patient and community-oriented unit for the growing population of Surrey, including those from the Delta area.”
The new renal facility is part of a broader plan to strengthen health care in Surrey and the surrounding region. The plan includes establishing a new medical school at Simon Fraser University, development of a new hospital and BC Cancer Centre in Cloverdale, and the expansion of community-based services.
“The need for this vital service continues to grow. Designed with patients and families at its heart, the new renal facility will expand our capacity to deliver life-sustaining care in an environment that reflects our commitment to comfort, dignity and healing. I am grateful to our staff, medical staff and partners whose hard work and dedication are bringing this vision to life,” said Dermot Kelly, president and chief executive officer, Fraser Health.
The Province provided $84 million toward this project, along with a $1-million contribution from Surrey Hospitals Foundation.
“This new renal facility represents real progress for people in Surrey and for our health system as a whole,” said Josie Osborne, Minister of Health. “It means faster access for patients to life-saving kidney care in a modern, healing environment as well as more capacity, better care and a stronger network of support for families and care teams.”
Featured image: (B.C. Government)
