Opened in May 2007, the eight-floor Patient Facility will provide as many as 192 patient care beds, allowing the replacement of the original double occupancy patient rooms while accommodating additional services and programs. The original rooms are too small for current treatment methods, and it is more cost-effective to replace outmoded patient rooms than to modernize them.
Patient rooms are designed to a “universal room” standard that is flexible to serve standard medical-surgical or intensive-care uses, including new and emerging medical technologies. A hub-style floor plan locates nurse stations for optimal patient visibility.
The Facility will eventually house six floors of patient rooms. Three floors were opened in May 2007 with the opening of the building, with the three remaining floors shelled in for future expansion.
The new Patient Facility was built with a portion of the $120 bond levy approved in 2004 by the Evergreen Healthcare community to keep pace with the growing demand for health care services.
Tour the new Patient Facility (Silver Zone)