“(Aside from) a kidney transplant, dialysis is the only life-sustaining option for a lot of these folks, unfortunately,” said Scott Holland, executive director of the Alberta Kidney Care (South), a branch of Alberta Health Services. However, a new $23.4 million investment from the province has helped create a new, upgraded hemodialysis lab in Lethbridge. “It was very exciting when we opened our doors and could finally move in,” said Susan Jorgensen, unit manager at Alberta Kidney Care (South). Story continues below advertisementBut the upgrade isn’t the only major health news coming out of southern Alberta in recent months. The Taber Health Centre is seeing upgrades, Cardston will be getting a completely new replacement health centre and Lethbridge is also getting a new cardiac care centre sometime in the next number of years.