Renovations Begin at Waukesha Memorial Hospital
WAUKESHA, Wis. – Waukesha Memorial Hospital will soon begin a three-year renovation project, according to ProHealth Care. Renovations began with the east entry, second-floor lobby and adjacent areas – which will finish as a new central concourse. The concourse will include a coffee shop, pharmacy, gift shop, family resource center and greeter’s desk.
The project will allow the 450,000-square-foot construction space to help Waukesha Memorial remain a state-of-the-art facility, according to Sandra Peterson, media relations for ProHealth Care. The project began one month ago and is slated for completion in 2015.
“Our patients tell us that what they like best about Waukesha Memorial is the personal care they receive,” said John Robertstad, president of ProHealth Care’s hospital division in a statement. “With this extensive renovation project, our entire facility will better support the outstanding care our people deliver everyday.”
The renovation plans also include updates to many clinical areas, such as intensive care, surgery, neurology, oncology, and general surgery. The work will include redesigning six rooms to be used for additional intensive care when required. Currently the hospital has 31 rooms for the ICU.
ProHealth Care has committed $18.3 million to the project to-date, and will commit more money as work continues with the funding coming from ProHealth Care’s capital budget.
Waukesha Memorial Hospital is one of 26 ProHealth Care locations and is a major tertiary-care hospital. The hospital was established in 1914 and has five Centers of Excellence: Neuroscience Center; Orthopedic Center; Regional Cancer Center; Regional Heart and Vascular Center and the Women’s Center.
“Waukesha Memorial Hospital has played a central role in the Waukesha community for nearly 100 years,” said Susan Edwards, chief executive officer of ProHealth Care in a statement. “With this new investment, we are ensuring that the hospital can meet the community’s needs for many more years to come.”
During construction, patients will continue to be treated and moved to areas within the facility that can help fulfill their needs while keeping renovations moving safely.
Services include birthing, cancer, children’s health, emergency/urgent care, men’s health, mental health, orthopedic, optometric, rehabilitation, senior’s health, women’s health and many more. The different healthcare services being provided will each be updated with new technology and systems during the renovations as well, such as this optometric management service for the optometrist’s wards, for example, as well as the others stated previously. These improvements will look to increase the care of patients, as well as how many patients the facilities will actually be able to handle running their day-today practices.
Currently there are 301 available beds at the facility, with 668 physicians on staff and 2,711 employees.
ProHealth Care has provided health care for nearly 100 years to those in Waukesha County and surrounding areas. Other care systems include Oconomowoc Memorial Hospital, the Rehabilitation Hospital of Wisconsin, ProHealth Care Medical Associates Clinics and more.