The largest capital investment project in UC Health’s history will cross the finish line later this year thanks in part to a significant investment from the nonprofit developer that oversees growth uptown.
Uptown Consortium President and CEO Beth Robinson announced $10 million in new market tax credits to help expand UC Health’s department of emergency medicine, the only adult Level I Trauma Center in the region.
The expansion project increases the hospital’s capabilities in a mass casualty situation or where decontamination is required, according to a UC Health spokesperson. It also promises to improve recruitment and training at UC Health’s globally recognized emergency medicine residency program, the nation’s first.
The project involves renovating of the existing 30,000 sq.-ft. department, now 30 years old. The department is also getting a new three-story, 41,000 sq.-ft. building on a previously vacant lot next to the hospital.
UC Health will increase its patient volume by up to 15 percent as a result. Around 90,000 patient visits are expected annually once the expansion is completed.
The expansion is expected to create 120 new full-time jobs. Read more.
