As of 2018, the Summerlin Hospital offers 485 beds with private rooms. It is an accredited Chest Pain Center and Primary Stroke Center. The 40-acre (16 ha) campus also includes two medical office towers that provide a variety of outpatient services.[1]
An air ambulance preparing to depart the hospital in November 2016
History
The Summerlin Hospital Medical Center opened on October 16, 1997. With an initial investment of $80 million, the brand new hospital would include 148 beds, all located in private rooms, and would offer Southern Nevada's first and only hospital-based cancer treatment facility.[2]
Timeline
October 1997: Summerlin Hospital Medical Center opens with 148 beds.[2] Vacant space was included in the hospital's design for future expansion.[3]
December 1999: A new wing for the hospital's intensive care unit opens, as a part of a $1.5 million expansion. The need to expand the hospital came three years earlier than initially expected.[3]
June 2005: A four-bed pediatric emergency department opens.[citation needed]
March 2007: A $100 million expansion was announced due to high demand.[4]
May 2008: A new emergency room opens as part of the second phase of the expansion project.[5]
June 25, 2008: The hospital breaks ground on the third and final phase of its expansion project. The final phase consists of a six-story patient facility, adding 180 rooms for a new total of 480. A new medical office building, located near the property's northeast corner, was also under development, with a scheduled opening in fall 2008.[5][6]
December 2009: Completion of the expansion project, which includes an expanded hospital with over 480 beds, an expanded Emergency Department, an expanded Labor and Delivery unit, a brand new Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, a second medical office building, and a new parking garage.[7]
Services
The Summerlin Hospital Medical Center offers a comprehensive range of health care services, including:
The Advanced Primary Stroke Center
The Breast Care Center
The Cancer Center
CentRx Pharmacy
The Children's Medical Center
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Pediatric Emergency Room
Pediatric Therapy Center
Ear, Nose and Throat
Emergency Medicine
Gastroenterology
The Heart Center
Advanced Electrophysiology Lab
The Chest Pain Center
The Open Heart Program
Maternity
The Birthplace at Summerlin Hospital
Orthopedics
Outpatient Services
Palliative Care
Radiology
Rehabilitation
Respiratory Therapy
The Sleep Study Center
Social Services
Surgery
The Robotic Surgery Institute
The Women's Health Center
Wound Care
Heliport
Summerlin Medical Center Heliport – FAA LID: 0NV1, 40 ft × 40 ft (12 m × 12 m), helipad built with bituminous concrete.[8]
References
^"About the Hospital". Summerlin Hospital. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
^ a bPuppel, Doug (October 17, 1997). "Desert Springs, Valley strike deal". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Archived from the original on September 18, 2000.
^ a b"Hospital growing by leaps and bounds". Las Vegas Sun. December 31, 1999. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
^Wells, Annette (March 14, 2007). "Summerlin Hospital plans $100 million expansion to 450-bed capacity". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Archived from the original on March 26, 2007.
^ a bHogan, Jan (July 15, 2008). "Tower to add 180 rooms at Summerlin Hospital". Summerlin View. Archived from the original on August 4, 2008.
^"Summerlin hospital expands". Las Vegas Review-Journal. July 12, 2008. Archived from the original on June 8, 2011.
^Jan, Hogan (November 13, 2012). "Summerlin Hospital marks 15 years". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
^"Sumerlin Medical Center". Global Air. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110622020720/http://www.globalair.com/airport/summerlin_medical_center/0nv1.aspx Archive]
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