By Ryan Salchert – Staff Writer, Dallas
Business Journal Jan 23, 2020
The leading
pediatric health care system in North Texas is planning a massive expansion at
its Plano medical center.
On Thursday,
Children's Health announced an expansion plan which will include a new
seven-story, 300,000-square-foot tower which will double the size of the
hospital facility. The new tower will house specialty care programs such as
cardiology, oncology, orthopedics, gastroenterology and neurology, bringing the
total number of hospital beds from 72 to 240. Though no groundbreaking date has
been set, the project is expected to be completed by the end of 2023. The cost
of the project was not disclosed.
Ancillary
services, such as pharmacy, lab and imaging will also expand to serve the added
beds. Additional operating room space will be incorporated into building plans,
and the emergency room will be expanded, upgraded and relocated on campus to
best serve patients and their families. Finally, a new parking structure will
be built to accommodate more patient families and visitors. HKS has designed
the project.
“Children’s
Medical Center Plano was the first pediatric hospital north of Dallas when we
opened in 2008. Throughout the last decade, we have grown alongside our
community and a pediatric population that outpaces the nation in growth. While
we have an extensive network of providers all working to serve the needs of the
community, we have seen the average number of patient families we serve
increase year-over-year,” said Vanessa Walls, executive vice president of the
Northern Market for Children’s Health in a prepared statement.
“In addition,
today we have many families travelling to our Dallas campus to receive
specialty care not currently supported in Plano. This expansion allows us to
not only serve our growing community, but also their growing medical needs
closer to home, as we strengthen and invest in our world-class, critical and tertiary
care programs in Plano.”
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