Florida hospital undergoes $75M expansion
Palm Bay Community Hospital has opened a new 127,000-square-foot, $75 million expansion that doubles the size of the facility.
The expansion increases the hospital's bed capacity from 60 to 152, and expands the hospital cafeteria from 2,900 square feet to more than 13,000 square feet.
Palm Bay has also added a new intensive care unit with an eICU program, which allows critical care monitoring from a remote centralized operations center.
According to Elliot Cohen, spokesman for Health First, Palm Bay Hospital is now the second-largest hospital serving south Brevard County behind Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne, Fla.
Health First owns both hospitals, as well as Cape Canaveral Hospital in Cocoa Beach, Fla. Other Health First facilities include outpatient centers; central Brevard's largest medical group; three fitness centers; and Medicare Advantage, commercial POS, and commercial HMO health plans.
