French Hospital Expansion Project Details
This comprehensive project will transform French Hospital, adding a new patient care tower and significantly enhancing the original hospital building.
Once complete, French Hospital will offer 108 single-patient rooms to provide care with dignity, privacy, and humankindness for generations to come. In times of critical future needs, such as a pandemic or other emergencies, French Hospital will have the ability to accommodate up to 160 patient beds, ensuring the ability to care for our community in all situations.
Key project components include:
Three-Story Patient Care Tower - 77,000 square-feet
First Floor
- New hospital Main Entrance
- Welcome Center, lobby, and waiting area
- Expanded Admitting Department
- Advanced Imaging Center featuring MRI, CT, X-ray, nuclear medicine, EKG, pulmonary function testing, and more
- Meditation Room & Serenity Garden
- Expanded bistro with indoor and outdoor dining
- Expanded hospital kitchen and food services
Second Floor - Intensive Care
- 20-suite Intensive Care Unit
- 6-suite Progressive Care Unit
- Intensive Care Family Waiting Area
- Connecting bridges to the original hospital
Third Floor - Patient Care Rooms
- 28 single-patient room Medical/Surgical and Telemetry Unit
- Family Waiting Area
- Rooftop Garden Terrace
Parking Structure
A two-story parking structure will offer ample parking spaces and easy access to the new hospital main entrance
Renovations to the existing hospital
- Conversion of existing rooms to single-patient rooms
- 10 new, single-patient rooms in the former ICU location
- Relocation and expansion of the pharmacy
- Expansion of other supportive hospital departments
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