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November 4, 2005


Scope of Expansion Project

Artist’s renderings

$155 million project launched October 2005
Expected completion late 2008
Addition of 136,000 square feet of space
Renovation for 24,000 square feet of existing areas


Cardiovascutar Services
- Two state-of-the-art catheterization labs
- Cardiovascular surgery operating room
- Cardiovascular Picture Archiving
- Communication System (PACS)

Emergency and Trauma Center
- Temporary helipad

New emergency department and trauma center
- Three times more square footage
- Expanded to 40 beds
- Dedicated CT and radiology area
- Permanent helipad on rooftop

Surgical Services
- Expanded recovery and pre-operative areas
- 15-bed pre-operative area
- 20-bed post-anesthesia care unit (PACU)
- Three new operating rooms
- Trauma
- Neurosurgery
- General
- Minimally-invasive surgical suite
- Three new endoscopy suites

General Hospital Services
- New patient wing
- 1st floor - 33 new medical-surgical beds
- 2nd floor - space for future expansion
- Increased intensive care unit capacity
- Renovated obstetrics; floor to provide for showers and private rooms
- New physician medical library
- New MRI
- New rehabilitation services area

Facility/Medical Campus Improvements
- 120,000-square-foot, 4-story medical office building
- 2nd, 3rd & 4th floors - Physician-owned office space
- 1st floor - Hospital owned areas:
- Cancer Care Institute
- Other support services to be determined
- New central plant

Parking
- Expand current campus parking to over 1,600 spaces


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