Last week, the Town of Jupiter gave its final approval to Jupiter Medical Center’s plans for a new five-story patient tower with 92 beds.
The project, which will cost $110 million, will add to the hospital’s 248 beds and should be done by May 2025. The tower will also have support services, like a store, and offices for running the building.
The medical center will also build a five-story garage with 800 parking spots north of the tower. This project is expected to cost $25 million. At the moment, it is just a normal parking lot.
The new patient tower will be 135,016 square feet and will go from the east side of the hospital to the edge of the land. The tower will also have its own administrative offices and support services, like a drugstore.
The independent, non-profit medical center at 1210 S. Old Dixie Highway hopes to add more hospital services, such as cancer, cardiology, and orthopedics.
The president and CEO of Jupiter Medical Center, Dr. Amit Rastogi, MD, said in a news release that the hospital is going through the most important change in its 44-year history.
“We are working on several expansion projects to make sure that our community has access to the best health care and the best patient experience for generations to come, right where they need it, close to home.”
Later this year, the $100 million Johnny and Terry Gray Surgical Institute will open at the hospital. It will have 16 smart operating rooms and two combination operating suites in a space of 90,000 square feet. In February, the building was topped off with a party.
Johnny and Terry Gray, who live in Jupiter and used to be famous race car drivers, gave $25 million to the center, which is now named after them.
The Jupiter Medical Center does more than 15,000 standard and minimally invasive surgeries each year.
In January, the hospital said that the emergency room had been remodeled and made bigger. With the addition of 11 ER rooms and eight Fast Track bays for people who don’t have life-threatening illnesses, the Petrocelli Emergency Center was able to treat 30% more people.
On February 1, HCA Florida Palms West Hospital celebrated officially opening its Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. This was done by cutting a ribbon.
