Good Samaritan Regional Health Center announced in 2009 intentions to replace the current hospital with a new medical campus on Veterans Memorial Drive in Mt. Vernon, Illinois. Groundbreaking on the future Good Samaritan Regional Health Center took place in April 2010.
Good Samaritan Regional Health Center New Medical Campus Facts
- 359,000 square foot replacement hospital
- Designed by BSA Lifestructures
- Construction by McCarthy Construction of St. Louis, Lipps Construction of Mt. Vernon, and Shores Builders of Centralia
- Consists of five floors and a Garden Level, plus numerous patient entrances surrounded by convenient parking
- 134 beds plus 8 observation beds; all private rooms
- Medical office building, including a Surgery Center and outpatient diagnostic services, will be connected to the hospital
- $9 million Surgery Center is a partnership with our physicians; offering made in August of 2010 quickly sold out
- Located on Veteran’s Memorial Drive, adjacent to the new interchange for I-57 and I-64
- Project will provide an average of 275 full-time construction jobs during the building process
- Total investment for the replacement hospital, Medical Office Building, and Surgery Center is an estimated $237 million.
- $1.5 million of the project is dedicated to tearing down the existing facility and converting the land into neighborhood lots, raising the property values of the surrounding neighborhoods
- Uses color, graphics, landmarks and views of the exterior to make wayfinding easier
- Lighting, HVAC, plumbing and hot water systems that are designed to be “green” - energy efficient
Good Samaritan Regional Health Center is a symbol of how health care design will shape positive patient outcome in the future. Key features will include:
- Large, all-private rooms with family accommodations that encourage loved ones to stay overnight with patients in comfort
- Decentralized nursing stations that literally bring staff within footsteps and view of patients for optimal safety, service and response
- Easily accessible outpatient services designed for maximum convenience with close parking and multiple building entrances
- This highest standards of health care technology designed to improve patient outcomes in safety and healing
- Physicians offices on campus, located just footsteps away from the hospital’s imaging, lab and procedure areas
- A healing environment that offers comforting views, water features, artwork and pleasing interiors that benefits patients, families and staff