Northeast Colorado Springs hospital announces expansion
St. Francis Medical Center announced a 134,000 square foot expansion of its facility near the intersection of Powers Blvd. and Woodmen Rd. Thursday.
The four story addition on the west side of the campus is expected to be completed in 2018.
Penrose-St. Francis Health Services offered the following details about the expansion, and why it feels it’s needed:
Expanding the Emergency Department by adding an additional 17 beds, bringing the total capacity to 40 beds. SFMC serves as the only Level III trauma center in northern Colorado Springs.
Emergency Department volumes have increased from 27,000 in 2009 to more than 51,000 in 2014.
Adding new operating rooms with shelled space for additional operating rooms in the future. Surgery volumes at SFMC have increased 63% since 2009.
A new Total Joint & Spine Center has substantially increased surgical cases.
St. Francis Medical Center continues to be the destination hospital for many surgeons performing a large volume of robotic-assisted surgeries. Expanding the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), doubling the capacity to 50 beds. The number of babies admitted to the NICU per day has more than doubled since 2009.
St. Francis Medical Center has the largest single Birth Center in southern Colorado and the largest NICU in Centura Health. On average, eight babies each month are transported to the NICU at SFMC from hospitals throughout southern Colorado.
Additional parking. Parking for associates is a challenge, and with increasing patient volumes, additional parking is paramount on the campus.
St. Francis Medical Center is a full service hospital that opened in 2008.
Penrose-St. Francis says the system is planning additional projects that are pending funding approval. Those projects include a new medical campus in Colorado Springs, several neighborhood health centers and a renovation of Penrose Hospital on N. Nevada Ave.
