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FAST FACTS
employees
beds
-bed emergency center
-bed pediatric intensive care unit
+ outpatient and subspecialty areas
,-square-foot sports medicine facility
,+ emergency center visits this year
,+ clinic visits this year
volunteers
Since then, it has become one of the Nex Level Expansio As the campus expands, volunteer as-
most active pediatric hospitals in the Hous- signments will increase and a junior vol-
ton area, and all indications point toward The expansion will focus on three areas — unteer program will be started.
continued growth. inpatient capacity, ambulatory capacity
and supporting hospital infrastructure. It It’s All Abou the Peopl
Community Involvemen will double the number of hospital inpa-
tient beds to . Bright, colorful, cheery and tech-friendly,
The volunteer program has matched the West Campus is a special facility. Volun-
hospital’s growth step for step. The first phase of the project will: teers are a big part of that.
t Add acute care beds, including an
“The community is so involved with “It has been a privilege to see West
the hospital, and so many people are anx- eight-bed isolation unit designed for Campus grow,” Lopez says. “The culture,
ious to volunteer,” says Nora Lopez, the children with highly contagious infec- care and staff are amazing, and the ded-
hospital’s senior volunteer coordinator. “In tious diseases ication and compassion of the volunteers
fact, sometimes there is a waiting list.” t Create interventional radiology suite are outstanding. Without them, the staff
t Design shell space for operating room would not be able to accomplish what
In , the hospital’s first full year and recovery area expansion they do.”
of operation, volunteers logged , t Convert clinic offices into exam space
hours. This year, the program had: t Build administrative office space for Chacón agrees the most remarkable
t volunteers physicians and providers thing about the hospital is the people—
t placements including volunteers.
t More than , hours The second phase, which will be com-
t summer college student volunteers pleted by the end of , will: “Our volunteers play such a crucial
t Build additional acute-care beds role,” she says. “They are stationed at both
Most popular placements are: t Add four operating rooms and expand entrances, so they are the first people our
t Emergency center pre- and post-operative areas patients see. They are some of the most
t Playroom t Equip critical care unit beds compassionate and caring people. I’m hon -
t Radiology t Expand clinics to support operating ored they represent us.”
t Surgery room expansion
