Detroit’s Henry Ford Hospital in midst of $200M expansion, renovation

A $35 million addition is the current phase of construction in Henry Ford Hospital’s $200 million expansion and renovation of their main campus in the New Center neighborhood of Detroit.

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A two-story addition to the Henry Ford Hospital’s West Pavilion is going up now and is slated to open in the spring of 2009. The $35 million, 62,000-square foot expansion includes 20 intensive care unit beds and 60 medical-surgical beds, all private.

The addition is part of a five-year, $300 million expansion and renovation of the hospital campus that includes an already-completed overhaul of the emergency department as well as a new simulation center.

Other major components include a $40 million wireless electronic medical record system, the expansion of existing operating rooms ($10 million), the $33 million redevelopment of the outpatient tower and $50 million of infrastructure improvements, among other enhancements.

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