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Katy-area hospitals expand to handle growing population
HOSPITAL GROWTH All four major Katy-area hospitals are working on projects to expand their facilities and services to match the growing population. Projects are in varying stages of development.
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trying to build and create.” Katy Area EDC President Chuck Martinez agreed that area hospitals are evolving to address inequities in ser- vice compared to TMC. “It’s an interesting dimension, in terms of cost and quality, that even the health care industry is trying to resolve the gaps within their own profession,” Martinez said. “Just because you live in an underserved area does not mean that you should be deprived of that quality of care.” Mirroring Texas Medical Center The four major hospitals in the Katy area all have plans to provide greater capacities for care in the area that are in step with the TMC, according to hos- pital executives. Matt Timmons, Texas Children’s West Campus vice president, said the hospital will ll almost 6,000 square feet of unused space within the exist- ing campus over the next two years. Additionally, construction began in June on a parking garage to precede a new medical oce, the cost of which has not yet been determined. Similarly, MD Anderson West Hous- ton is adding technology to mirror its TMC campus, including MRI, CT scan- ners and additional tools for radiology diagnostics as well as capabilities for anesthesia and endoscopy. “We are reducing the need for peo- ple to have to travel large distances,” said Kent Postma, vice president of the west Houston campus. “As the popu- lation grows west and the infrastruc- ture grows, we’ve been able to move
Ocials at Katy-area hospitals are recognizing a need to expand their facilities’ space and services to keep up with Katy’s growth. Between 2011-20, the six ZIP codes that make up Community Impact News- paper’s coverage area—77449, 77493, 77494, 77441, 77450 and 77094—saw a 57.31% population increase, from 246,673 to 388,036, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. The Katy Area Economic Development Council expects the area to gain 31,185 more residents by 2025. As the area’s population steadily rises, Memorial Hermann Katy Hospi- tal, Houston Methodist West Hospital, Texas Children’s Hospital West Cam- pus and MD Anderson West Hous- ton will spend at least $254 million to grow their facilities and services over the next ve years. Projects include a trauma center expansion, new medical oce buildings, and renovated sports health and women’s health centers. Jerry Ashworth, CEO of Memorial Hermann Katy as well as the Cypress campus, said the goal for these hos- pitals is to provide a level of care and access that rivals the Texas Medical Center. Memorial Hermann Katy and other hospitals use their relationship with Katy ISD, the Katy Area EDC and strategic planners to better understand where there are health care gaps, he said. “People that live in Katy want to receive their care in Katy,” Ashworth said. “They do not want to go some- where else. … So that’s what we are
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MD ANDERSON WEST HOUSTON The hospital plans to expand its operations in Sugar Land and open a surgery center at the northwest and west campuses. Number of new beds: TBD Cost: TBD Timeline: spring 2023-TBD
MEMORIAL HERMANN KATY HOSPITAL This hospital will add a new oce building; overhaul the women’s services department; and expand the emergency services department, Breast Care Center and Ironman
Sports Medicine Institute. Number of new beds: 94 Cost: $167 million Timeline: March 2022-fall 2024
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TEXAS CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL WEST The hospital is developing a master plan to ll unused space in its building; construct a new parking garage; build another medical oce building; and expand outpatient, inpatient, sleep medicine and emergency services. Number of new beds: 22 Cost: TBD Timeline: June 2022-TBD
HOUSTON METHODIST WEST HOSPITAL Having added 32 medical surgical beds in the spring with a dedicated digestive health space slated to open in the hospital’s northwest tower in June, the hospital turns to the next phase of expansion: a third medical oce building for orthopedics, sports medicine and physical therapy. Number of new beds: 32 Cost: $87 million Timeline: spring 2022-fall 2023
SOURCES: MEMORIAL HERMANN KATY, HOUSTON METHODIST WEST HOSPITAL, MD ANDERSON WEST, TEXAS CHILDREN’S WESTCOMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
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