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Good Samaritan Hospital Modernization and Expansion Project
We've Increased Our Capacity To Care
The completion of Good Samaritan Hospital's new 10-story patient care tower in June 2007 marked the end of a five-year modernization and expansion project.
As the centerpiece of the project, the new tower has:
- provided 168,000 square feet of new patient care areas
- added patient beds
- increased the number of surgical suites by 22 percent
- increased the number of medical/surgical beds by 15 percent
- provided state-of-the-art technology
- created more than 230 new jobs to the hospital
In addition, through renovations of existing hospital space, the project has:
- improved waiting areas
- improved way-finding
- created more efficient hospital procedures, processes and systems
- provided additional parking
The $122 million dollar cost of the project has not cost taxpayers a single penny. The cost was financed through a combination of internally generated funds and outside borrowing thanks to the Sisters of Charity participation in Catholic Health Initiatives.
Expansion
At the heart of the project is the 10-story, 168,000 square foot patient care tower, begun in fall 2004 and completed in spring 2007.
Directly connected to the existing tower, the expansion offers the community greater access to premier services for which Good Samaritan
Hospital has achieved an outstanding reputation:
- Maternity Services
- Orthopaedics
- Surgery
- Dialysis
- Intensive Care
In addition, the expansion houses:
- Outpatient Treatment Center
- outpatient testing facilities
- inpatient beds for medical/surgical care
New patient rooms are private, nearly twice the size of current rooms with:
- pull-out couches for family members
- DVD and CD players
- flat-screen TVs
- Internet access
- multiple lighting options
Every department is equipped with the most up-to-date technology available:
- high-tech beds in Intensive Care speed healing
- computerized medication pumps safely deliver medicine in precise doses
- electronic verification of patient's medication improves patient safety at the bedside
- more computers provide instant bedside access to patient records
- bladder scanners reduce catheterizations, improve patient comfort
- ability to digitally store diagnostic images such as X-rays speeds access for physicians
And throughout the new and renovated spaces, a healing environment standard has been set, with simulated wood flooring, artistic glass works, water elements, wood casework, light, warmth, space and beauty. Sculptures, murals and other newly commissioned religious artwork throughout the campus reflect the Good Samaritan values of healing and teaching beyond cultural and religious boundaries.
Modernization
Modernization projects, also begun in 2004, have included:
- construction of new Cardiology and Pulmonary Services area
- renovation of the Dixmyth Lobby
- construction of Main Street, an expansive, curving walkway that links the two sides of the hospital's campus
- construction of new Diagnostic Imaging department, housing Radiology, Ultrasound, CT Scan and Nuclear Medicine
- construction of new Interventional Suites area, housing Cardiology and Interventional Radiology
- expansion and updating of cafeteria
In addition, in 2008, a three-year renovation project began on the outpatient lobby at Clifton Avenue, featuring Outpatient Registration, a coffee shop and gift shop. The Emergency Department modernization project will add 13 new beds, raising the total number to 46, and will include installation of a new CT scanner.
Read more about the project's first phase
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