On May 22, 2004, Rural Health Management Corporation broke ground on the new 25-bed, $20.8 million acute care hospital Desert View Regional Medical Center. Located at the corner of Wilson Road and Lola Lane, Desert View Regional Medical Center is virtually next door to Desert Greens, making health care more convenient and available to residents within minutes.
Construction began in June 2004 and will be completed by March 2006. The goal of Rural Health Management Corporation is to beat the deadline by several months.
The 70,000-square-foot hospital will provide 18 medical and surgical beds, four special care and intensive care beds, and three birthing suites. Plans to expand the acute primary care facility to 50 beds could occur almost immediately.
Other services include a 24-hour emergency room with five treatment rooms, one trauma room with two bays and one room for infusion patients. Diagnostic imaging including radiography, fluoroscopy, ultrasound, mammography, CT, and a mobile MRI will be available, as will comprehensive laboratory services.
The hospital will also provide a cardiology department including EKG, EEG, pulmonary function testing, cardiac exercise and rehabilitation, and blood gas analysis. Physical therapy, a surgery department with two operating rooms - one for minor procedures - four pre-surgery beds and three recovery beds will be available, as well a pharmacy.
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