Thursday, January 23, 2020

Children's Health planning major expansion in Plano


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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