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Doctor's Hospital at Renaissance Expansions Include New Women's Hospital
200,000-square-foot facility exclusively dedicated to women’s health care.
A decade into its operation‚ Doctor’s Hospital at Renaissance is in the midst of a major growth spurt.
A consortium of 400 physicians and businessmen owns the hospital‚ which began as a day-surgery center in 1997. It officially became a hospital in July 2003‚ and since then it has undergone a series of major physical enhancements‚ including a four-story patient tower‚ completed in 2004‚ which added 96 beds and a variety of labs and surgical suites. Altogether‚ the hospital now has a total of 180 beds.
In fall 2007‚ the hospital opened the doors to its new Women’s Hospital at Renaissance‚ a 200‚000-square-foot facility that offers 24 labor and delivery suites‚ 24 post-surgical patient suites‚ 48 postpartum suites‚ a 47-bed newborn nursery‚ a 50-bed neonatal intensive care unit‚ five surgical suites and eight ante-partum beds. All suites in the new women’s facility are private.
With a $67 million price tag‚ a lot of thought and research went into exactly what services were needed by area women‚ and the hospital responded accordingly‚ says Marissa Castañeda‚ chief operations officer.
“This facility will be the only hospital dedicated exclusively to women’s health care in the Rio Grande Valley‚” Castañeda says. “This project will be a huge investment in the community’s health and will have the capability of 8‚000 deliveries per year.”
An additional 1‚000 staff members will join the 1‚200 people already working at Doctor’s Hospital to operate the new facility‚ which will also be staffed by more than 45 local obstetricians and gynecologists‚ Castañeda says.
Doctor’s Hospital also is expanding its cancer treatment and behavioral health offerings even as it continues to add new other programs and services. The planned behavioral health hospital will have 80 beds‚ while the new cancer center at the hospital offers 30 infusion treatment stations‚ a PET CT scanner and a 16-slice computerized tomography‚ or CT‚ scanner.
All told‚ the hospital has undergone more than a dozen expansion projects of varying size and scope since it opened‚ always with an eye toward meeting the various healthcare needs of growing Hidalgo County. To date‚ these have included four freestanding imaging centers located throughout the Rio Grande Valley‚ a wound care center‚ acute care rehabilitation hospital specializing in the treatment of stroke‚ brain and spinal cord injuries‚ as well as neurological disorders.
Currently the hospital has 13 general operating rooms‚ six endoscopy suites‚ five cardiac catheterization laboratories‚ 20 critical-care unit beds‚ a 12-bed step-down unit‚ 30-bed telemetry floor‚ 32-bed emergency department‚ 16-bed pediatric floor‚ 32-bed medical/surgical floor‚ a hyperbaric/wound care center‚ outpatient infusion center‚ four freestanding diagnostic imaging centers‚ an outpatient cancer treatment center‚ diabetes center and 38-bed rehab center.
Story by Joe Morris
Photo by Antony Boshier
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