Erlanger East recasts hospital expansion as 'healthy life center'

At a recent groundbreaking ceremony for a $51 million hospital expansion in Chattanooga, Tenn., Erlanger East officials recast the vision of the facility as a "health lifestyle center," according to a Times Free Press report.

Currently, Erlanger East is a medical campus that includes a surgical center, emergency department, physician offices and a women's services obstetrics wing.

Under the redeveloped project, the hospital campus — which is well-known for its labor and delivery services and outpatient care — will be transformed into a full-service facility.

"Erlanger East will transform into the region's first healthy lifestyle hospital, with emphasis on health, well-being and short lengths of stay," Erlanger East CEO Phil Jackson told the Times Free Press.

Currently, the build-out plans include:

  • A patient tower with 58 new private rooms
  • Four operating rooms
  • A cardiac catheterization lab; and
  • Six additional postpartum beds in the labor and delivery unit

Under the "healthy lifestyle center" plans, the campus will also include:

  • A 1-mile walking trail
  • A sculpture garden
  • A community garden
  • An area for a weekly farmers market
  • Active recreational amenities (i.e. volleyball court, basketball court, putting green, etc.); and
  • Space for cooking demonstrations

The project is slated for completion in 2016.

 

 

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