City Council Approves Final Plans for Rebuilding Sequoia
REDWOOD CITY, CA - August 28, 2007 - Sequoia
Hospital received unanimous approval from the Redwood City City
Council last night for their plans to
rebuild the hospital
campus. This action is the final step in the approval process
to rebuild Sequoia Hospital, including a new pavilion, medical
office building and parking garage. Ground breaking ceremonies are
planned for mid-November.
"We are thrilled to reach this milestone in
our rebuilding process," said Glenna Vaskelis, president of Sequoia
Hospital. "Our community will benefit from state-of-the-art medical
care delivered in larger, private rooms with clinically advanced
equipment."
Sequoia Hospital was built in 1950 and will
meet all state mandated seismic requirements of California SB 1953
when the rebuilding is completed in 2012. The hospital will
remain open and fully operational during construction.
"Sequoia's proposed campus is a unique
design, utilizing the existing facility and topography,
incorporating new elements while meeting all seismic codes to
create a new medical campus," said Doug Mayoras, Principal of Moon
Mayoras Architects, Inc. "We have worked with the neighbors and
surrounding community for more than two years to produce a winning
design."
"Meeting the new seismic standards served as
a catalyst for us to not only meet those standards but to evaluate
the future health care needs of our community and plan a new
medical campus designed to meet the needs of the next generations,"
said Vaskelis.
Sequoia's new campus will carry on a 57-year
tradition of providing award-winning care to the community. The new
hospital campus will include:
- Expanded 8,740 sq. ft. emergency room
services
- Family focused Birth Center with private
rooms
- Comprehensive ambulatory
services
- New four-story, 148,000 sq. ft.
pavilion
-Advanced Cardiovascular
Center
-Complete medical and surgical
services
-New main entrance with two lobbies and free
valet parking
-Terraced gardens and healing garden with
fountain
- New medical office
building
-Physician offices
-Outpatient Surgery
Center
-Outpatient imaging and lab
services
- New, convenient four-story parking garage
and additional surface parking
The new Sequoia Hospital campus will be one of
the most advanced health care facilities in the Bay Area. Features
of the new 167 bed hospital campus include:
- Larger, private rooms - improved infection
control for patient safety, enhanced patient care and comfort,
with enough space for family to visit and stay
overnight
- New consult rooms - better integration of
care and communication between physicians, families and patients
including portable medical records and advanced IT
capabilities
- Healing environment - soothing natural
interior colors, healing gardens, and a water
wall
- Landscaping - new landscaping incorporating
the existing trees and adding terraced front gardens along
Whipple Avenue
- IT advances - wireless technology and
paperless records will be the most noticeable changes. For
example, wireless collection of patient vital signs; integrated
electronic systems for bedside point of care; hands-free wireless
voice telephonic system to allow communication between
physicians, staff and patients; connectivity with first
responders; portable and hand-held devices for review and patient
care alerts
About Sequoia
Hospital
Sequoia Hospital is an
accredited, not-for-profit community hospital providing innovative
and exceptional healthcare to Bay Area residents. Sequoia, ranked
among the top 5 percent of hospitals nationwide, is a recipient of
the 2007 Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical ExcellenceTM,
based on a study issued by HealthGrades, the nation's leading
independent healthcare ratings company. Offering a full range of
medical, surgical and specialty programs, Sequoia also ranks in the
top percentile of hospitals nationwide for patient
satisfaction.
"Best in California for Overall Cardiac
Services" in 2007 is another HealthGrades rating for Sequoia
Hospital, which also received the HealthGrades 2007 Cardiac Care
Excellence Award. Sequoia is the only hospital in Northern
California to receive the award. The Sequoia Healthcare District
and Catholic Healthcare West have governed the hospital jointly
since 1996. To learn more, please visit:
www.SequoiaHospital.org
