Several building projects were completed in 2008 and others announced last year will be completed in 2009.
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nThe first phase of the Glenda Vasicek Cancer Treatment Center at Scott & White opened in September.
The $12 million cancer treatment center was paid for with philanthropic donations.
The center, when completed this year, will be 45,000 square feet devoted to the care of the cancer patient. The cancer treatment center floor plan puts medical oncologists and surgical oncologists together, as well as spots for residents, fellows and radiation oncologists who are seeing patients.
nIn 2008, Scott & White announced plans to construct a Surgical Sciences Building in Temple with as many as 36 state-of-the-art operating suites. Preparatory construction activity began in the summer, with the helicopter pad on the South Tower completed and site preparation taking place this year. The building is expected to be operational by fall of 2011.
nIn December, the Scott & White Auxiliary announced a $1 million pledge with a portion going to the new surgical building and a portion going to the Children’s Hospital. Earlier in the year, the auxiliary gave $75,000 to the Children’s Hospital to buy a Cool-Cap used on newborns whose oxygen or blood supply to the brain was interrupted during birth.
nScott & White Canyon Creek Pharmacy and Health Express Clinic in South Temple had a grand opening in August. The clinic is specially designed for patients on the go. Patients can walk in without an appointment and receive speedy medical care for minor injuries, common illnesses, minor emergencies, immunizations, school and sports physicals, limited diagnosis and common illness (such as ear and bladder infections, and strep throat).
nThe Scott & White Salado Family Medicine Clinic opened in November. The 10,800-square-foot clinic and pharmacy is located at 3525 FM 2484, next to the new Salado High School. The clinic features 13 exam rooms, an 800-square-foot lobby, a covered drop-off area, on-site laboratory services and diagnostic X-ray capabilities.
nHealing Garden opened in March. The garden, located behind the North Tower of the Center For Advanced Medicine, will continue to grow, said Dr. Alfred Knight, Scott & White president and CEO. But the simplicity of the space will remain - maintaining a sense of tranquility, release and relief, he said.
nThe Institute for Regenerative Medicine, lead by Dr. Darwin Prockop, opened at Scott & White West Campus, this summer. More than $40 million was pledged to establish the Institute of Regenerative Medicine, which is made up of 40,000 square feet of research space, with 20,000 square feet devoted to laboratories and 6,000 square feet to clinical manufacturing laboratories.
nThe Temple Towne Center Pediatric Clinic opened in the fall.
nScott & White Pharmacy on West Adams opened in December.
nIn 2008, Scott & White announced plans to construct a Surgical Sciences Building in Temple with as many as 36 state-of-the-art operating suites. Preparatory construction activity began in the summer, with the helicopter pad on the South Tower complete and site preparation taking place this year. The building is expected to be operational by the fall of 2011.
Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine
nThe A&M College of Medicine Temple campus welcomed for the first time first- and second-year medical students in the summer. Temple has had a longtime affiliation with the A&M medical school, with third- and fourth-year medical students receiving their clinical training in Temple.
Olin E. Teague Veteran’s Center and Waco VA
nThe Central Texas Veterans Health Care System opened its Ambulatory Care Expansion and Spinal Cord Injury and Disorders Support Clinic in May.
The $2.8 million project provides an additional 10,500 square feet of clinic space with 29 examination rooms for outpatient primary care and four rooms for spinal cord injury patients.
Dr. Charles Burger, chief of Ambulatory Services, said the new spinal cord clinic would keep area veterans from having to travel to San Antonio or Dallas to the spinal cord centers.
nIn July, the VA’s Research Mobile MRI was unveiled.
The $3.5 million MRI, housed in a large trailer, will travel between VAs in Waco and Temple and Darnall Army Medical Center on Fort Hood … it will go wherever the research subjects are located.
The MRI will be used for clinical research, with the VA leading the way in understanding the brain interaction of PTSD and those symptom presentations, said Dr. Suzy Bird Gulliver, director of the Center of Excellence for research on returning war veterans.
King’s Daughters Clinic and King’s Daughters Hospital
nIn April, King’s Daughters Clinic and King’s Daughters Hospital broke ground on a $4 million ambulatory surgery center.
The 10,400-square-foot surgery center will provide a state-of-the-art facility for provision of outpatient surgical procedures.
The center opened in late December.
nIn May, King’s Daughters Hospital board of directors announced the heart and vascular center at King’s Daughters Hospital would be renamed the Dr. Ralph Wilson Jr. Heart and Vascular Center.
