Construction is on track throughout the BEACON Project.
That was the report at Tuesday night’s Board of Governors meeting. Renovations throughout Columbian Tower East are nearing completion and the LaSalle Behavioral Health space remodel is underway.
The demolition of older buildings is still on schedule for the first quarter of 2017. Gibault, Memorial, Willis and LaSalle School will come down in 2017 allowing more space for employee and patient parking.
The new home within the hospital for Vincennes Orthopaedics Surgery Clinic is almost complete. The new office is located in Good Samaritan’s Health Pavilion and can be accessed through the Same Day Surgery entrance. Along with the new location, the office will also have a new name – Vincennes Orthopedics. Patients there will be able to take advantage of valet parking or, if you park yourself, there’ll be a golf cart attendant drive patients to the front door, saving them a walk to the building.
Renovations for the Emergency Department are also in the near future. Although not in the original BEACON plans, the work will include construction of three “fast-track” bays for less acute patients to be seen much quicker in the ER.