Growth and Expansion
Completed in 2010, UC Davis Medical Center’s Surgery and Emergency Services Pavilion project added 472,000-square-feet (43,900 m2) for surgery, trauma, emergency and burn services, including a new emergency room, new operating rooms, a neurosurgical intensive-care unit, cardiology services, pathology laboratory support, radiology services, a 12-bed burn unit and a new cafeteria.
The pavilion meets a combined need to comply with state seismic safety standards and to add more space and beds for programs currently in undersized, inadequate facilities. Senate Bill 1953 requires all California acute-care hospitals to meet new seismic safety standards. The medical center must also accommodate an increasing demand for inpatient services through additional beds and operating rooms. On occasion, the hospital has been forced to turn away all but the most seriously ill and injured patients because it is full.
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