Patients will begin receiving care next week in a new addition to Chester County Hospital.
The $45.2 million expansion is the culmination of a project that started in March 2012. The patient tower will accommodate up to 72 private patients rooms and a telemetry unit in at the 220-bed West Chester medical center.
The first 24-bed private patient rooms and the telemetry unit are set to open July 1.
“At the core of the project is the need for more beds and specifically for private rooms,” said Michael J. Duncan, president and CEO of The Chester County Hospital and Health System, when the project was announced last year.
Chester County Hospital is in the process of merging into the University of Pennsylvania Health System.
Among the features of the new private rooms are sofas that convert into a table, a desk or a bed for guests who wish to stay the night; original artwork donated by Healing Art Works, an Exton-based non-profit organization; communication boards for nursing care, and technology that gives patients control of the window shades and the temperature in their rooms.
The tower itself has a 1,600-square-foot, roof-top garden that sits on top of the new linear accelerator vault below. The garden is designed to reduce heat build-up from the roof and provide green views for guests.
The tower’s TrueBeam linear accelerator, for use in radiation oncology, is expect to be available for patient care in August 2013.
Chester County Hospital expects to open the third floor, and another 24 private rooms, by the end of the year.
At least 20 private maternity rooms and an additional well-baby nursery are scheduled to be completed during the first half 2014. The hospital will convert its existing maternity rooms to private rooms.
Source: Philadelphia Business Journal
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