Oct. 6, 2008

State's Only Critical Care Hospital to be Dedicated at VCU Medical Center

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By Pamela DiSalvo Lepley
Division of University Relations

 The Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center’s new Critical Care Hospital, Virginia’s only hospital devoted solely to critical care, will be dedicated at noon, Wednesday, Oct. 8, at the entrance to the new hospital, 1213 E. Clay St.

The 15-level, 367,000 square-foot facility increases critical care capacity at the medical center with intensive care units for surgical trauma, neonatal, burn center, cardiac, neuroscience, medical respiratory and oncology patients. It also features new operating rooms and expanded emergency care.

The $192 million Critical Care Hospital is the largest capital construction project in the history of the VCU Medical Center. It houses 232 adult patient beds, increasing the medical center’s ratio of private to semi-private beds from 37 to 70 percent.

Media representatives will be able to tour the new hospital following the dedication ceremony.

A limited number of parking spaces for media will be available on the east side of 12th St. north of Clay St.