Advancing Healthcare Close to Home
West Park Hospital's Modernization Project is a work in progress since 2006. Over the past four years, the board of trustees and the entire leadership team, including dedicated department directors, physicians and staff members, have been working diligently and responsibly on the expansion and modernization plan for our non-profit hospital, structured as a Hospital District.
The decision to begin the process of engaging the city council and our community came forward only after we were 100 percent
certain the project was essential, feasible and the right thing to do for the 52,000 people served by West Park Hospital.
We understood that some in the community would be adverse to the project based on the size and scope and the realistic options
we have for funding. We recognized that during these challenging economic times, asking the citizens of Park County to invest
in the hospital to meet today's standards, improve healthcare outcomes and do the necessary work to prepare us for the next 40
years may not be the most popular decision. Regardless of these factors, we believe there is no better time than the present, and
this is based on facts and solid data.
Our comprehensive three-phase plan, which began with the relocation of the medical office building to the Cathcart Health
Center, includes 110,071 square feet of new and renovated space and relocation of the Laboratory, Imaging Department and
Admissions to a central location. A major part of the second phase of the project involves demolition of the vacant and unusable
Coe Medical Office Building, which will create room for the expansion and the infrastructure needed for future replacement of
patient rooms, all of which will be private and accommodate families to participate in the care of their loved ones.
A key driver for the modernization plan is the need to vastly improve patient privacy and safety in order to meet today's rigorous and mandated rules and regulations. Another significant feature of the plan is to create distinct and separate entrances for emergency patients and those who are visiting the hospital for outpatient services and other purposes. Current board members, as well as those who served before, have done all we can to maintain our aging facility. The comprehensive plan will take us from being a 1970s hospital to where we need to be today. The plan also ensures that whoever is serving in our capacity 38 years from now will not be in the same shoes we are in today.
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