French Camp, Calif.-based San Joaquin General Hospital hopes to open a $41 million acute care patient wing this summer and faces a deadline to move all patients from an 87-year-old building by the end of the year, according to Recordnet.com.
Construction of the acute care wing began in 2017 and is roughly 90 percent complete. California's strict earthquake-resistant standards forced the hospital to build the wing because the hospital's Towers Building will not be allowed to house patients after Dec. 31. The new hospital wing will include 25 NICU beds and 20 private rooms.
"From a clinical perspective, the private rooms in the new wing will include showers and restrooms in the rooms, a marked improvement over the 1932 building with its shared-in-the-hallways restrooms and showers," said David Culberson, CEO of San Joaquin General Hospital.
"We're just about ready to roll," Mr. Culberson added.