A two-story addition to the Henry Ford Hospital's West Pavilion is going up now and is slated to open in the spring of 2009. The $35 million, 62,000-square foot expansion includes 20 intensive care unit beds and 60 medical-surgical beds, all private.
The West Pavilion was built in 1998 and it was always assumed it would one day grow. "The builders who built our West Pavilion actually had the foresight that, if needed, the building could hold two additional floors," says Anthony Armada, president and CEO of the Henry Ford Hospital and Health Network.
"This was natural for us -- as we have continued to grow in the last several years, and anticipate continuing to do so -- to capitalize on our building infrastructure."
The addition is part of a five-year, $300 million expansion and renovation of the hospital
campus that includes an already-completed overhaul of the emergency department as well as a
new simulation center.
Other major components include a $40 million wireless electronic medical record system, the expansion of existing operating rooms ($10 million), the $33 million redevelopment of the outpatient tower and $50 million of infrastructure improvements, among other enhancements.
Armada says the hospital is committed to its New Center neighborhood. They occupy three floors of the New Center One Building, their athletic medicine center houses the popular
Fitness Works facility and there are plans to collaborate with
TechTown on research and development ventures.
Source: Anthony Armada, Henry Ford
Writer: Kelli B. Kavanaugh
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