The 427-bed acute-care Medical Center of Plano is located at 3901 West 15th Street in Plano. The project will enable the hospital to accommodate growing demand from wide areas of North Texas and southern Oklahoma.
The expansion project will include construction of two additional floors totaling more than 56,000 square feet at the north end of the main hospital, directly above the Emergency Department; addition of 68 beds dedicated to critical and progressive-care patients in the hospital’s neurosciences unit; renovation of existing public areas, including the south lobby and the hospital’s cafeteria; and relocation of the patient registration area to the 15th Street (south) entrance. Expansion of cafeteria will provide additional seating with areas for families to relax. The plans call for both interior and patio dining.
Relocation of the patient registration area to the 15th Street (south) entrance will create a new primary orientation for the hospital, and clear space at the north entrance for improvements to the existing retail space and future services.
The project will also update the hospital’s exterior, including construction of new covered entranceways at all points of public access; relocate and renovate administrative offices; and add new patient diagnostic technology featuring a 3T MRI and new EP Cath Lab.
Construction is expected to begin in May 2013, with completion slated for late 2014.
The Medical Center of Plano’s Level II Trauma Center was Collin County’s first, and only the third specialised institute in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, at the time of its construction. The Medical Center of Plano is part of HCA North Texas, one of the region’s largest, most comprehensive healthcare providers with 10 hospitals, one Children’s Hospital, one Psychiatric Hospital, 12 ambulatory surgery centers, 13 Imaging Centers, and two Freestanding Emergency Rooms in Dallas/Fort Worth and the surrounding areas.
