First phase of hospital’s expansion complete
St. Joseph’s Hospital-North completed the first phase of its $75 million expansion project with the unveiling of four new operating suites on Oct. 1. Construction on the rest of the project continues, expected to be finished in 2020. At completion, the hospital will have two additional patient care floors and will double the current number of patient rooms to 216 total. From left, front row: Kathy Myers, LuAnn Peters, Arlene McGannon, Nancy Medina, Lerma Eastty, Brian Morrison, Jessica Degele, Ieshia Jones, Joanne Murphy, Nicole Brunner and Charlette Nankovitch. From left, back row: Jeff Felice, Renata Barbora and Jim Wilson.
New VA outpatient clinic location
Congressman Gus Bilirakis announced the new location of the consolidated West Pasco VA Outpatient Clinic, which will be housed at 7932 Little Road in New Port Richey, north of the Pasco County Government Center and south of Ridge Road, on the east side of Little Road.
Bilirakis secured $11 million for the facility in 2014.
The newly constructed facility will be 114,000 square feet – more than double the current clinic’s size.
The site will offer more parking and provide expanded services so that veterans will have to travel less frequently from West Pasco to the James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital in Tampa.
The new outpatient clinic will consolidate health care services now administered at five locations.
The facility will offer services for mental health, primary care, vision, dental, home-based primary care, MRI and CT, ultrasound, X-ray, audiology, pharmacy, prosthetics, physical therapy, lab, eligibility and enrollment, release of information, library, police and canteen.
