Florida Hospital Altamonte is expanding to continue to meet the growing needs of the community with a new six-story patient tower that will increase access to healthcare for Seminole County residents. The $70 million tower at Florida Hospital Altamonte, a sanctuary of healing that focuses on whole-person care, adds 72 new patient beds and two shelled patient floors for future expansion, doubling the size of the current hospital. The expansion features Florida Hospital’s new patient room models that better enhance the patient experience, in addition to a new chapel and healing garden.
The new tower and the IOA Atrium, the main lobby at Florida Hospital Altamonte that recognizes the generosity of John and Valli Ritenour of Insurance Office of America (IOA), opened on December 4, 2007.
“We are excited about this expansion, which will transform healthcare in Seminole County,” said Rob Fulbright, administrator of Florida Hospital Altamonte. “More importantly, our new patient tower incorporates a soothing environment for our patients, proven to advance the healing process.”
The tower will feature 72 private and spacious rooms that will provide added comfort and extra amenities for patients and visitors in a unique healing environment. The new lobby will better accommodate the needs of a growing number of visitors and will feature a new chapel and healing gardens, which will provide for the emotional and spiritual needs of the hospital’s patients and visitors.
In addition, the expansion includes the consolidation of and easy access to cardiology diagnostic services, including electrocardiograms (EKGs), Echocardiograms (ECHOs), stress tests, and nuclear medicine.
Florida Hospital Altamonte opened its new 30,000-square-foot, 37-bed Emergency Department (ED) in November 2006, tripling the size of the its previous ED. The not-for-profit hospital will complete its four-year expansion project by the end of 2008, with the opening of its new state-of-the-art surgical suites. These new operating rooms, equipped with the most sophisticated technology, will help retain and attract the most skilled surgeons to Seminole County.
Florida Hospital relies on the generous donations of the community to continue to provide world-class care and to expand to meet the growing needs of Central Florida.