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Retrofitting construction will begin in 2022 at Scripps Mercy Chula Vista and in 2027 at Scripps Green. Seismic retrofitting the acute care buildings at Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista and Scripps Green hospital campuses is part of the master plan. Scripps Mercy Chula Vista, Scripps Green Hospitals Other work includes upgrades to the central energy plant. Construction of the replacement tower is expected to begin in 2022 and finish in 2027. Most of the rooms in the hospital will be private. Plans for Scripps Mercy include replacing the existing acute care building with a new 710,000-square-foot, seismically sound tower featuring 12 stories above ground and three below.
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Plans for Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego represent the largest project. It’s the generosity of grateful patients and others that has made us what we are today, and it will be that generosity that will shape us into who we become in the future.” We don’t receive government funding for these projects. “Community support always has been a significant part of Scripps’ history, dating back to our founders, Ellen Browning Scripps and Mother Mary Michael Cummings,” Van Gorder said. The master plan projects will be financed by operating revenues, borrowing and philanthropy. Facilities will be designed to promote patient healing and comfort and will make efficient use of natural resources.
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Nurses will be placed closer to patients and will have more direct access to equipment and supplies, increasing their efficiency and improving their ability to deliver the highest quality care possible. Floors will be designed following best practices. Plans include state-of-the-art private patient rooms. More care is being delivered on an outpatient basis at clinics and other medical facilities, so Scripps will design its acute care hospitals to care for the most seriously ill patients. Flexible space designs will recognize the rapid evolution of technology so that the latest equipment and devices can be easily incorporated into patient rooms, operating rooms, laboratories and diagnostic centers. The master plan accounts for changing health care trends. “This is our vision to build the health care system of the future - starting today,” said Chris Van Gorder, Scripps president and CEO. “Our focus is on delivering the right care in the right setting that reflects the changing health care needs of the communities we serve across the San Diego region.” Scripps Health today unveiled a master plan that represents the largest building program in the health care system’s 125-year history and triggers significant construction projects at its hospital campuses across San Diego County designed to serve the needs of the community for generations to come.