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Henry Mayo Hospital is hosting a ceremony next month for the new patient tower to be completed by May 2018.
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Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital officials are hosting a groundbreaking ceremony next month for the new patient tower, which will add up to 142 patient beds to the Valencia hospital.
“This is all a part of the hospital’s master plan that was approved by the city,” said John Schleif, COO for Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital. “As our community continues to grow, we want to meet those needs.”
From a previous story: Henry Mayo Santa Clarita Set To Build Six Story Patient Tower
The very bottom level of the proposed patient tower, the basement, will be storage and and a brand new kitchen and dining area for staff and visitors, Schleif said. This area will also allow the hospital to provide room services for patients.
The floor directly above that, the first floor, will be a shelled floor that’s being left empty for now, Schleif said. It might end up accommodating more beds, or become an outpatient services area.
The second floor will be a expansive women’s services floor, said Schleif. It will be a maternity floor with two new caesarean section rooms, and the entire floor will also be made up of private rooms, as opposed to the semi-private rooms that are in place now.
The third through the six floor will be patient rooms with a total of 90 medical-surgical beds, all will the built in capability to monitor patients vitals a welcome necessity, said Schleif.
A new helicopter pad will be perched across the sixth-floor roof.
The project is planned to be opened and availabel to the community by early 2019.
The ceremony is set to take place Oct. 19
