Photo Courtesy Houston Methodist Sugar Land HospitalThe new 104-bed patient tower will be located between the Sweetwater and Main pavilions at the Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital campus.
Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital announced Oct. 23 that it will break ground on five projects as part of a $131 million expansion, including its first Missouri City development and a new six-story patient tower.
"Fort Bend County has often lagged behind the community's needs for health care, and with the population expected to be 700,000 by 2018, the expansion helps us better serve the community," said Chris Siebenaler, CEO of Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital. "There is still a 35 to 36 percent migration out to Houston for medical care, so we want to grow to meet the demand for more services that are comparable to the Texas Medical Center but close to where they live."
The first of the major projectsa 9,600-square-foot emergency care center between the Sienna Plantation and Riverstone communitieshas broken ground and is expected to be complete in summer 2014. The center will house 10 treatment rooms and new diagnostic imaging equipment upon completion. It will give more direct medical services to Missouri City residents, Siebenaler said.
The six-story patient towerwhich will add 104 beds to the hospital's existing 235 bedswill be located between the Sweetwater and Main pavilions at the Sugar Land campus on Hwy. 59 and Sweetwater Boulevard and is expected to break ground in summer 2014. The project is slated for completion in early 2016.
