Stamford Hospital

[The Voice of Reason]

This is a HUGE capital project

$450 Million for 1 step hospital expansion.

Also, the article says that the hospital floated 250 million in bonds to help finance the project, the same ammount that hartford hospital recently floated to consolidate debt and expand some offerings.

http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120620/NEWS01/120629985/-1/NEWS

Some of the key features of the new hospital will include:

• New patient care units with all private rooms and private bathrooms, as well as centralized nurses' stations for more flexible care delivery.

• An emergency department with separate treatment areas for trauma, cardiac, urgent, behavioral health and pediatric patients; 50 percent more treatment rooms; dedicated and easily accessible parking; and individual points of entry for walk-in and ambulance arrivals.

• Significantly larger surgical suites to accommodate the latest technology.

• A new Pediatric Unit in the Whittingham Pavilion adjacent to the current Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to centralize mother-child services.

• An expansion of the ICU from 16 to 24 beds.

• A central location for all Heart & Vascular Institute services, including electrophysiology, catheterization and interventional Labs.