Palomar Medical Center - The Lost is Found!
The Palomar Medical Center (PMC) in Escondido is a fine hospital facility with over one-half of its buildings being less than 20 years old. Unfortunately, the Palomar Pomerado Health (PPH) district "lost" about one-fourth of the hospital space at PMC, totaling about 100,000 square feet. Even worse, the "lost" hospital space was less that 20 years old. As described in more detail in the blog entry dated July, 8, 2005, the PPH Facilities Master Plan lists PMC as having only 282,000 square feet, with 190,000 square feet needing seismic upgrades. See link to page 1-9 below:
http://members.cox.net/4robroy/escondido/PPH-FMPp1-9f.PDF
These incorrect numbers were repeated in a Request for 5 Year Extension made to the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) on September 10, 2004. "The three older building that predate 1973 are nonconforming with SB1953 and require structural retrofit by 2008. The buildings house 75% (247-beds) of the 324-bed hospital total and occupy 190,000 square feet (nearly 67%) of the total hospital building area of 282,000 square feet." Quoted from page 13.
In a recent meeting of the Independent Citizens’ Oversight Committee for Proposition BB, Mr. Michael Shanahan of PPH presented a 1-hour Executive Summary of the PPH Facilities Master Plan. The summary included a slide presentation with one slide about new and existing hospital space at the different hospital sites.
A magnified view of the slide shows that the existing hospital space at PMC totals about 370,000 square feet! PMC is a fine hospital facility with about 50% of the building space being less than 20 years old. PPH has not provided an explanation on how a mistake this big was made in the Facilities Master Plan. It is difficult to make a good decision using bad information.
A small amount of new contruction is proposed to expand the hospital space at PMC to 390,000 square feet. PPH should reconsider its decisions for dismantling PMC as an acute care hospital because the error in the Facilities Master Plan grossly understated the amount of hospital space at PMC that conforms with the seismic regulations of state law.
http://members.cox.net/4robroy/escondido/PPH-FMPp1-9f.PDF
These incorrect numbers were repeated in a Request for 5 Year Extension made to the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) on September 10, 2004. "The three older building that predate 1973 are nonconforming with SB1953 and require structural retrofit by 2008. The buildings house 75% (247-beds) of the 324-bed hospital total and occupy 190,000 square feet (nearly 67%) of the total hospital building area of 282,000 square feet." Quoted from page 13.
In a recent meeting of the Independent Citizens’ Oversight Committee for Proposition BB, Mr. Michael Shanahan of PPH presented a 1-hour Executive Summary of the PPH Facilities Master Plan. The summary included a slide presentation with one slide about new and existing hospital space at the different hospital sites.
A magnified view of the slide shows that the existing hospital space at PMC totals about 370,000 square feet! PMC is a fine hospital facility with about 50% of the building space being less than 20 years old. PPH has not provided an explanation on how a mistake this big was made in the Facilities Master Plan. It is difficult to make a good decision using bad information.
A small amount of new contruction is proposed to expand the hospital space at PMC to 390,000 square feet. PPH should reconsider its decisions for dismantling PMC as an acute care hospital because the error in the Facilities Master Plan grossly understated the amount of hospital space at PMC that conforms with the seismic regulations of state law.
posted by Robroy at 10:08 PM
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