Last updated 9/21/10
After more than 40 years of heavy use, Memorial Christian Hospital’s facility and infrastructure have progressively become strained to the breaking point. The net result is an increasingly inefficient work environment with compromises in patient safety and privacy at every turn. With these challenges in view, in 1996 the MCH medical staff began to dialogue and pray about “renewing” MCH, starting with spiritual renewal and extending to bricks-and-mortar “facility renewal” as the Lord should lead. Nearly ten years passed while awaiting the Lord’s confirmation and direction. Recent systematic reviews of MCH’s ministry strategy, operations, and project feasibility were completed by outside consulting teams. These consultants observed that MCH’s outreach remained remarkably effective and its reputation for quality care was superb despite a woefully inadequate facility. In brief, the necessity of a new facility and the feasibility of the project from an engineering perspective were both wholeheartedly affirmed. Finally, with the recent addition of surgical residency training for Christian Bangladeshi physicians—one of our highest priorities—the congestion and inefficiency have dramatically worsened.
Project Summary:
- 100-bed Medical Center (50,000 s.f.)—with ~80% of the old facility being preserved for administrative and non-clinical functions
- 10 bed ICU, 6 room OR suite, ER & Trauma Services
- Improved Outpatient Clinic Space—roughly tripled to enable care for more than 300 outpatients daily; greatly expanded capability to support satellite clinics
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For more information about this project please contact Stephen Kelley:
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