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This sketch shows an overhead view of the new site plan for the hospital. The new addition will extend the footprint of the hospital to the north and to the east. The oldest section of the hospital, the '37 wing (indicated here in light grey) will be demolished in the final stage of the project, to make room for on-site patient and visitor parking.

Here is an artist's rendering of the new Garden Court Area. Pictured is the public space on the lower level with a fireplace, water feature and lots and lots of natural light. In the upper righthand section of the drawing, one can catch a glimpse of where the new main entrance of the hospital will be.

This drawing of the lower level (currently referred to as the 1st floor) will house much more space for the hospital's mechanical and electrical systems as well as more new space for support services. The new public areas and the hemodialysis unit will be able to take advantage of all the natural light which the walls of windows from above will provide.

The cafeteria and food services area will have an entirely new look with a new dining and coffee area (pictured below.)

In the plan for the first floor, one can see the new surgical units as well as the new emergency department. The 20-unit ambulatory care section will be a new, flexible area which can accomodate both patients recovering from surgery as well as ER patients who need to be observed by a physician but are not sick enough to be admitted.

The other brand new area on the first floor will be a consumer health resource center where patients, visitors and families can find information on health-related topics, or can just come and plug in their laptops and catch-up on email.

The second floor is where most of our adult inpatient beds will be located. The new facility will provide us will all new patient room which are larger and are designed with the patient and their family in mind.

Also, in this new patient-centered design, therapies such as pharmacy, rehab therapy and respiratory therapy will all be relocated directly on the patient units. We feel that this change will provide our patients with additional privacy as well as greater convenience.

The third floor houses our OB and Pediatrics units. We will have the same number of birthing suites as we currently have but, in this new design, all c-sections will be performed in the c-section operating room right on the third floor.

In the new plans, there will be a small women's health unit. This is an area that will be used for patients recovering from any obsterical or gynecological procedures. This unit is also flexible enough to accomodate overflows in either OB or Peds whenever necessary.

As is the case with the second floor, there will be more family lounges and waiting areas than are available in our current facility.

Currently the only planned area for the fourth floor is for the helicopter landing pad. The ability for the helicopters to land on the roof and then transport patients, via elevator, directly down to either surgery or the emergency department, is a far safer alternative for the patient.

The rest of the space on the fourth floor will be "shelled in" and left for future expansion and growth.

In this artist's rendering of a typical patient room, notice that the room is sectioned off into a family zone and a staff zone. The patient zone features a daybed, desk and chair to accomodate family members who wish to stay with the patient. The staff zone, provides charting and work space so that staff can work without getting in the way of patients' family. Another advantage in our new patient rooms is that the bed is positioned farther back in the room, behind the door, providing far more privacy for our patients.

While the number of rooms in the new facility will not change from our current number, the size of the patient rooms will almost double.