Offsite construction specialist, Yorkon, has completed an extension to the cardiac catheterisation unit at Lister Hospital in Stevenage.
Its second project for East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, the £4.5m investment has included adding a new storey onto the roof, effectively doubling capacity at the unit.
The extension is made up of 24 modules, which were installed using a 350-tonne crane and provide a second catheterisation laboratory, clinical support areas, control room, preparation and recovery rooms, consulting and examination suites, offices, reception and a waiting area.
Manu Shah, the trust’s lead capital project manager, said: “The expanded facility has been welcomed by both clinicians and patients, who are benefiting from a building that has been specifically designed for this service. The second cardiac laboratory suite is now enabling us to provide life-saving cardiac services locally to more people."
The development secured a BREEAM ‘very good’ environmental rating.