Upland, Calif.-based San Antonio Regional Hospital proudly unveiled a $160 million upgrade to its facilities Thursday, including a new 180,000 square-foot patient tower and 52-bed, state-of-the-art emergency department.
"This expansion represents a new era in San Antonio Regional Hospital's 109-year history, as well as the healthcare landscape of San Bernardino County," Harris Koenig, president and CEO of San Antonio Regional Hospital, said in a statement. "As the area's demand for healthcare services continues [to] increase, we needed to improve access to high quality and advanced medical care, especially emergency care services, to meet our regional community's needs."
The four-story tower will bring the number of beds at the hospital up to 363 from 271. The tower is outfitted with 92 private rooms, 12 of which are designated for critical care, 80 for telemetry and medical or surgical care and 52 for emergency care. The emergency department expansion triples the size of San Antonio Regional's ED. The tower also has a number of features designed with the patient experience in mind. For example, patients can access a new healing garden from the tower and the driveway up to the tower was created specifically to make the patient drop-off process smooth and convenient.
The hospital's Citrus Tower will continue to operate and provide patient rooms.
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