UPMC spending $2B to build 3 specialty hospitals
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) announced major expansion plans on Nov. 3, proposing to build three hospitals in its home city while not increasing the number of inpatient beds available.
According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the new facilities will be:
- UPMC Vision and Rehabilitation Hospital, a 300,000-square-foot facility
- UPMC Heart and Transplant Hospital at UPMC Presbyterian, a 15-story, 620-bed facility
- UPMC Hillman Cancer Hospital, which will encompass a 240,000-square-foot patient tower and 160,000-square-foot outpatient center near Shadyside Hospital
UPMC said enough existing rooms in its facilities will be converted into office space and other uses so as to not increase the number of beds available in the region. More than 25 percent of UPMC’s existing beds are empty, according to the Pennsylvania health department.
The projects will cost $2 billion. The system had already announced other aggressive expansion plans, including a $900 million capital budget for 2018 and the acquisition of PinnacleHealth System earlier this year.
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