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Providence
employees, physicians, building contractors,
volunteers, donors, city and county
officials and many friends of Providence
gathered in the newly renovated InProv Café
on the evening of March 27 to celebrate the
completion of a $48.5 million
construction/renovation project that began
in the fall of 2005.
Almost a year
earlier to the day, many of these same
people had come for a celebration in the new
F.M. and Gloria Young Tower to celebrate the
completion and opening of that 5-story
facility which houses cardio-pulmonary
rehab, cardiac, ICU and other services. The
March 27 celebration was held in order to
recognize the completion of the entire
project, which included in addition to the
tower, expansions of the emergency
department from 26 to 51 exam rooms, the
radiology department, pharmacy, cafeteria
and respiratory services. The surgery
department was expanded from nine to 15
rooms with an enlarged 30-bed
pre-operative/post operative holding area.
Also, a new
475-space parking garage was completed, and
the hospital’s main lobby, nursing units and
admissions department underwent renovations
in an effort to create a seamless transition
between the original construction and the
new tower.
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