Memorial Hermann-The Woodlands Hospital’s newly renovated emergency department is set for completion in 2017, while the newest enhancements will wrap up in 2016.[/caption]Memorial Hermann-The Woodlands Hospital has announced plans for $25 million worth of expansions and improvements. The announcement comes six months after the hospital announced a $17 million renovation to its emergency department.
The latest round of improvements includes 36 new surgical beds, 10 intensive care unit beds, a new cardiac catheterization lab and renovations to the hospital’s main entrance. Construction will begin this summer with an expected completion date of summer 2016, according to the hospital.
“This is an exciting time for The Woodlands community,” said Josh Urban, senior vice president and CEO of Memorial Hermann-The Woodlands Hospital. “The incredible evolution of our campus speaks to Memorial Hermann’s dedication to the people it serves.”
The new amenities will improve the hospital’s heart and vascular, neuroscience, trauma and orthopedics departments.
“Each step in our growth brings more subspecialists to some of or all of our major service lines,” Urban said. “This bolsters the range of service capabilities we have and medical options available to the community.”
Ongoing projects the hosptial is constructing right now include the emergency department enhancements, construction of the Convenient Care Center and an additional on-campus medical office building.
These projects are the latest efforts by the hospital to meet the growing health care needs of The Woodlands area, Urban said.
“The community is always going to be our first priority,” he said. “We’re focused on providing easy access to high-quality health care and excellent patient service to The Woodlands and Montgomery County.”
To that end, the hospital has increased its number of physicians to approximately 900, Urban said.
Gil Staley, chief executive officer of The Woodlands Area Economic Development Partnership, said the community will profit fom the hospital’s enhancements and renovations that are currently underway.
“We all benefit from this,” he said. “The quality of health care we have now, including the specialty care you can get here without driving to the Medical Center, is out of the ordinary.”
Staley said the many enhancements The Woodlands community is experiencing in health care at the moment, such as the expansion of St. Luke’s The Woodlands Hospital and the construction of Texas Children’s Hospital as well as The Woodlands Methodist Hospital, is indicative of a nationwide trend.
“Across the U.S., we’re seeing more and more hospitals growing out to the suburbs,” he said. “We have a very well-insured population, and that comes with families that are working and can cover their health care needs.”
