FACILITY SPOTLIGHT
BREAKING GROUND on Sebastian River Medical Center’s impressive expansion in 2009 are, left to right: Gary Newsome, President & Chief Executive Officer, Health Management Associates; State Rep. Deborah Mayfield; Rene VanDeVoorde, Chairman, SRMC, Board of Trustees; Emily Holliman, CEO, SRMC; Dr. Michael Venazio, Chief of Staff, SRMC; John McEachern, CFO, SRMC; Josh Putter, Senior Vice President Division 5 CEO, Health Management Associates; Mark Spafford, Vice President OPS Finance and Divison 5 CFO, Health Management Associates; and Ron Gicca, COO, SRMC.
SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA (Aug. 12, 2010) – Over 400 community members, volunteers, and staffers turned out to celebrate Sebastian River Medical Center’s Second Hospital Expansion Preview.
Sebastian River Medical Center COO Ron Gicca, right, with Jeff Luther, Director of Governmental Affairs, for the Indian River County Sheriffs Office.
“We’re very proud to offer this expansion to you, our community members,” said Chief Operating Officer Ron Gicca during welcoming remarks to the crowd. “We originally had a January 11th completion date, but we should be seeing patients here in October,” he said.
The $25 million expansion, which began in July of 2009, features a three-story tower that will include 37 beds and 16-bed Intensive Care Unit.
The first floor will house a 16-bed intensive care unit while the second and third floors will feature a total of 42 additional private patient suites. The new building will connect to the existing facility so patients, visitors, and medical staff will be able to easily move between departments. Local contractors and M.J. Harris of Alabama built the new tower.
“With the growth of the Sebastian community, we felt our local residents deserved a new, beautiful healing center,” said Gicca.
Daisy Knowles, SRMC Director of Marketing, left, and and Kelly Enriquez, SRMC Assistant Administrator.
“We are excited to do this for our local community, and are very pleased to be way ahead of schedule.”
The event featured summer Latin dancers, exhibits about Sebastian River Medical Center’s Weight Management Program, Sleep Disorders Center, Thoracic Oncology Program and Stroke Center.
“Working here for over 30 years, it’s intriguing to see this facility flourish into a beautiful medical center,” said Daisy Knowles, Sebastian River Medical Center Marketing Director.
Presently, Sebastian River Medical Center is licensed for 129 beds and will increase to 166 beds when the expansion project is completed.
Emily Holliman, SRMC CEO
“This expansion has been a multi-phased project that began last year with the opening of 14 deluxe private patient suites,” said Emily Holliman, Sebastian River Medical Center CEO.
“Phase 2 was the addition of 350 new parking spaces, and Phase 3 consists of the new 3-story 55,000 square foot patient tower that will house the 16- bed intensive care unit and 42 private patient suites on the second and third floor,” said Ms. Holliman.
Health Management Associates Operates 8,000 Licensed Beds in the U.S.
Sebastian River Medical Center is owned and operated by Health Management Associates (HMA), a firm with headquarters in Naples, Florida. HMA owns and operates 56 hospitals, with approximately 8,000 licensed beds, in non-urban communities located throughout the United States.
HMA’s mission is the delivery of compassionate and high quality health care services that improve the quality of life for its patients, physicians, and the communities it serves.
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