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We are now seeking city and state approvals to build a new 101-bed patient care wing on the campus of Providence Holy Cross in Mission Hills., but unfortunately have met some untimely delays with the Planning Commission.
In Southern California, and especially in the San Fernando Valley, we are faced with a great challenge as the number of people who need health care services continues to rise while the number of hospitals and patient beds drop. Hospital closures since 1995 have reduced the number of patient beds in the San Fernando Valley by 800 – including the closure of the 209-bed Northridge Hospital Medical Center – Sherman Way Campus and the 155-bed Granada Hills Community Hospital during the past four years.
These closures have had significant impacts on Holy Cross and our surrounding hospitals. At Holy Cross, as you know, we are near capacity nearly every day – operating at 97% bed capacity on an average day. Providence Holy Cross has seen its patient admissions grow by nearly 40 percent in the last five years.
This expansion adds 101 new beds, which would make Holy Cross the second largest hospital in the Valley. The proposed expansion also includes a much needed Women’s Pavilion featuring Labor and Delivery Suites and a 12-bed Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, an expanded intensive care unit, surgery suites, and GI lab.
The new 101-bed patient care expansion will receive a LEED Certification. The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Grand Building Rating SystemTM is the nationally accepted benchmark for environmentally-conscious design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings. Only three hospitals in the nation are currently LEED certified.
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