The Yarmouth Regional Hospital is, to put it mildly, a big place. With more than 120 inpatient beds and four operating suites, it’s easy to imagine the immense load of laundry generated every day. And of course, someone has to handle it! Enter the Laundry Services Department.
As it happens, this team not only has to handle all the laundry from our regional hospital, but Digby and Roseway Hospitals as well. Twice a week, laundry comes from both hospitals and is washed, dried, and folded along with the rest from Yarmouth. This means that approximately 24,000 pounds is processed by the Laundry Services Department every single week!
What does this laundry consist of? “We handle sheets, johnnies, OR and ED scrubs, and even a little bit of personal laundry for patients in long-term care when necessary. Rounds are done several times a day,” says Robbie LeBlanc, Assistant Manager of Facilities Support Services. It’s a lot of work for this small team (6 full-time, and a couple part-time), but it’s vitally important — yet another example of the tireless effort put in behind the scenes at Yarmouth Regional Hospital.
