From Staff Reports
On Tuesday Houston Healthcare broke ground on an expansion
of its surgical services area in Warner Robins.
This 64,647 square-foot area includes 29,992 square feet for
renovations and 34,655 for newly constructed space. This area will provide six
surgical suites, five endoscopy rooms, two pain clinic procedure rooms and one
exam room, along with a cystology suite, bronchoscope room, and additional
pre-op and recovery bays.
“The new renovations and expansion of our surgical services
area will be a great benefit to our patients, their families and the entire
community,” states Cary Martin, Chief Executive Officer for Houston Healthcare.
“With the continued growth our community is experiencing, we will be able to
better meet the needs of our patients. The community can be confident we are
investing our resources in a manner that will enhance their care, including
utilizing the most up-to-date equipment and technology to assist the staff and
physicians providing care.”
Construction for the five-phase project is scheduled to
begin immediately and the total project is estimated at $41.8 million.
The first phase will include renovation and expansion of the
current surgery area, and the second phase will complete the endoscopy suites.
Once those phases are complete, construction for the recovery rooms, as well as
staff and physician areas will begin. The project also includes a new waiting
room and exterior entrance to the hospital. Surgical suites, patient bays,
procedure and exam room will also increase in square footage.
scheduled to be completed by spring 2015.
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