Health care
BY HANNAH BROL
Health Care Edition
2025
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HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood targets trauma care with $111M project
Expansion projects
The adult emergency department will be expanded to include nine additional general exam rooms, three trauma bays, a decontamination room, a new EMS break area and a new covered ambulance drop o . FIRST FLOOR 16 beds will be added and connected to the medical/ surgical intensive care unit, including an isolation room. SECOND FLOOR 16 intermediate care beds will be added, including an isolation room. THIRD FLOOR Each oor will have a net gain of 14 medical/surgical beds, including an isolation room. FOURTH AND FIFTH FLOORS Two new helipads, a trauma elevator, lobby and helipad storage space will be added. ROOF
HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood’s North Tower is set to undergo a $111 million expansion, following approval from HCA Houston Healthcare System o cials in April. The big picture Hospital CEO John Corbeil said the expansion will add 60 beds, expand the adult emergency department, redesign the ambulance drop-o area, and add two new rooftop helipads. Corbeil said the expansion is necessary to keep up with growing demand for health care services, including trauma care. The Kingwood location is one of the nearest hospitals for New Caney and Porter residents. “We are the only Level II trauma center in the area, and that span really reaches out all the way to Tyler, Texas and Louisiana,” Corbeil said.
“Our area is growing at seven and a half times the national average, and so … as the demand increases, we’ve got to keep up with that with the physical space.” According to the American Trauma Society, Level II is the second-highest trauma designation a hospital can receive. Level II trauma centers are able to initiate de nitive care for all injured patients and o er 24-hour immediate coverage by general surgeons and some specialties. The next closest Level II trauma centers would be Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Medical Center and HCA Houston Healthcare Conroe. The timeline Construction is expected to begin in late 2025 or early 2026 and wrap up by the second or third quarter of 2027, Corbeil said.
NOTE: THREE GENERATORS AND A NEW TRAUMA ELEVATOR WILL ALSO BE ADDED. SOURCE: HCA HOUSTON HEALTHCARE KINGWOOD COMMUNITY IMPACT
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