Memorial Hospital West wants to add 200 beds, cites demand - South Florida Business Journal:

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The first phase of the project wouldcost $42 The 299-bed hospital in western Pembroks Pines, part of , is one of the busies t in South Florida. It saw nearly 220 patients a day infisca 2008, up 20 patients a day from threer years earlier, according to a hospital systej memo. The hospital has a shortagwe of medical/surgical beds, routinely leavinhg patients awaiting inpatient beds and backing up the emergency department andrecoverty rooms, according to the memo. In fiscal 2008, Memorial West logged more than 123,000 inpatient holdover hours in theemergencuy room.
To create new inpatient Memorial Healthcare System would have to builda seven-storhy tower above the hospital’se west entrance. The first phase of the projecft would include the firstfour floors. Constructioh would start in June and last r two Memorial Hospital Westearned $40.8 million on $291.5 million in net operating revenue in fiscal 2007, according to state data. Memorial Healthcare System operatees five hospitals in southern Broward County.