Baptist Medical Heart Jacksonville and Wolfson Kids’s Hospital introduced plans Jan. 27 to construct a four-story emergency tower addition at its Downtown Southbank campus on Prudential Drive.
The hospital will add 123,000 sq. ft to the prevailing facility.
Building will start this 12 months and can open in phases with a 2029 goal date for completion, based on a information launch. No development prices had been offered.
“Our major campus gives take care of extra emergency sufferers than every other hospital within the larger Jacksonville space,” stated Michael A. Mayo, president and CEO of Baptist Well being, within the launch.
A rendering of a pediatric nurse station within the deliberate four-story emergency tower addition at Baptist Medical Heart Jacksonville and Wolfson Kids’s Hospital.
“We really feel strongly, and our Board wholeheartedly agrees, that it’s vital to make sure we not solely present the very best quality of care but additionally make the expertise one of the best it may be for our sufferers and caregivers alike. We challenged ourselves to do greater than increase and renovate what exists right now – as a substitute, we’re re-imagining your entire surroundings of care.”
Plans name for 2 distinct emergency rooms with ready areas. There’ll a complete of 100 emergency remedy rooms – 63 for adults and 37 for youngsters – in addition to three pediatric trauma rooms on the primary ground. There might be imaging, labs and different sources to facilitate emergency care.
A endoscopy suite and expanded areas for pre- and post-operative coronary heart care might be on the second ground.
Construct out of a further 68 inpatient rooms might be on the third and fourth flooring and accomplished in later phases.
The Baptist Jacksonville and Wolfson Kids’s Hospital ERs will stay open 24/7 throughout development.