Health, Transportation and Infrastructure, October 30, 2013 - Moncton
Construction underway for new breast health centre in Moncton
A $4.5-million contract has been awarded for renovations at the Dr. Georges-L. Dumont University Hospital in Moncton to accommodate a new integrated breast health centre. Bird Construction Ltd. of Saint John has started renovations at the hospital's former boiler plant to accommodate the new 666-square-metre (7,400-square-foot) facility, scheduled to open in the fall of 2014. From left: Léona Parker; Education and Early Childhood Development Minister Marie-Claude Blais; Julie-Anne Thébeau-Robichaud; Dr. Jocelyne Hébert, a surgeon at the Dr. Georges-L-Dumont University Hospital; Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Claude Williams; and Fernande Cantin, president of Survivantes du cancer du sein et ami.e.s (breast cancer survivors and friends).