Plan C - A Greater Role For Pomerado Hospital
Pomerado Hospital should be considered for a greater role in the Palomar Pomerado Health hospital facilities expansion plans.
Plan A, expansion in the ERTC, is now on life support and may expire in a few days. Plan B, expansion in San Marcos, is burdened with infrastructure and land acquisition cost issues. Another factor against Plan B is political. Also, PPH claims that administrative costs are a barrier to a three hospital solution.
"Plan C" is a suggestion to build more hospital space at Pomerado Hospital than is presently contemplated, to build a several hundred patient bed tower at Palomar Medical Center (PMC), and to convert the McLeod Tower to non-acute care uses.
The Pomerado Hospital site occupies about 30 buildable acres. A significant portion of the buildable land is occupied by a single story skilled nursing facility. The current proposal calls for the construction of 161,000 square feet of new hospital space at Pomerado Hospital, resulting in a total of 312,000 square feet of hospital space at the site. By sacrificing part of the skilled nursing facility, the hospital expansion could be greatly increased to about 350,000 square feet, resulting in a total of about 500,000 squre feet of hospital space at the Pomerado Hospital site. The increased expansion of Pomerado Hospital would relieve much of the expansion burden on the current PMC facility in Escondido.
A hospital expansion building of about 240,000 square feet, as shown the slides presented by PPH to Escondido at a Public Forum on July 28, 2005, could be built on the site of the current PMC. The 46-year old Adams Wing would need to be removed to make room for the new expansion building.
The hospital expansion building would fit nicely on the existing PMC site with the removal of the Adams Wing.
Further consideration of "Plan C" is warranted, particularly if the hurdles facing the ERTC site cannot be overcome.
Plan A, expansion in the ERTC, is now on life support and may expire in a few days. Plan B, expansion in San Marcos, is burdened with infrastructure and land acquisition cost issues. Another factor against Plan B is political. Also, PPH claims that administrative costs are a barrier to a three hospital solution.
"Plan C" is a suggestion to build more hospital space at Pomerado Hospital than is presently contemplated, to build a several hundred patient bed tower at Palomar Medical Center (PMC), and to convert the McLeod Tower to non-acute care uses.
The Pomerado Hospital site occupies about 30 buildable acres. A significant portion of the buildable land is occupied by a single story skilled nursing facility. The current proposal calls for the construction of 161,000 square feet of new hospital space at Pomerado Hospital, resulting in a total of 312,000 square feet of hospital space at the site. By sacrificing part of the skilled nursing facility, the hospital expansion could be greatly increased to about 350,000 square feet, resulting in a total of about 500,000 squre feet of hospital space at the Pomerado Hospital site. The increased expansion of Pomerado Hospital would relieve much of the expansion burden on the current PMC facility in Escondido.
A hospital expansion building of about 240,000 square feet, as shown the slides presented by PPH to Escondido at a Public Forum on July 28, 2005, could be built on the site of the current PMC. The 46-year old Adams Wing would need to be removed to make room for the new expansion building.
The hospital expansion building would fit nicely on the existing PMC site with the removal of the Adams Wing.
Further consideration of "Plan C" is warranted, particularly if the hurdles facing the ERTC site cannot be overcome.
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