Dignity Health Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz, California, plans to undertake a $360 million renovation and expansion that will convert all of the 222-bed facility's semiprivate rooms to private, create a new surgery department, upgrade technology and add new energy-saving features. The facility's bed count will not change.
Hospital spokesperson Claire Henry says the building project will help to ensure that "the growing Santa Cruz County community can access world-class health care for generations to come." Statistics from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis show the county's population has been growing steadily for more than a decade. Last year, the county's population was 274,255, according to the reserve bank.
San Francisco-based Dignity Health, part of CommonSpirit Health, is providing most of the funding for the project, but the Dominican Hospital Foundation plans to raise some funds through a community campaign.
Henry says the start date of the construction has yet to be determined; the project is pending county approvals. The project will take several years, according to a press release.