Health care
BY ALEX REECE
Methodist Health System holds topping-out ceremony
The nal beam has been secured at the top of Celina’s soon-to-be-open hospital. City leaders, health care o cials, hospital representatives and dozens of attendees celebrated the construction progress for the incoming Methodist Health System hospital Oct. 20. A topping-out ceremony is a Scandinavian tradition to celebrate placing the last beam on a roof and includes those in attendance signing their names on the last steel beam, o cials said. A small tree was also added, another tradition. “The tradition symbolizes progress, unity and dedication,” said Pamela Stoyano , Methodist Health System’s president and chief operating o cer.
Celina Mayor Ryan Tubbs adds his name to the nal beam as part of the topping-out ceremony.
The hospital will be a four-story, 200,000-square-foot facility.
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Construction on the new $237 million facility, located at the corner of Dallas Parkway and FM 428, broke ground April 4, according to a Method- ist Health System news release. “In no time at all, you’ll be ready to open your doors to our residents and for the neighboring towns around us, and you will be an anchor to this health care corridor,” Celina Mayor Ryan Tubbs said. It will be the health care system’s 13th hospital. “It really is exciting to see [the hospital] come out of the ground,” Methodist Health System CEO James Scoggin, Jr. said. “We can’t wait to serve Celina, [and] we can’t wait to serve the surround- ing areas.”
The four-story, 200,000-square-foot space will include:
The hospital is expected to open in early 2025. “We look forward to you being the heartbeat of our city going forward,” Tubbs said.
30 medical-surgical beds 12 emergency department beds 10 postpartum beds 8 intensive care unit beds
3 operating rooms, including a da Vinci surgical robot, and shell space for an additional operating room 2 procedure rooms 1 cardiac catheterization lab
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