Plenty of Room to Grow
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Health care in Castle Rock has been getting progressively easier in recent years, thanks to new facilities and services. With the announcement of a new hospital, residents may seldom, if ever, have to leave home for care.
Centura Health has purchased 50 acres of land in The Meadows at Historic Castle Rock, land on which it plans to develop a $120 million phased-in campus. First up will be an emergency facility, set to be completed by late 2009, followed by imaging and laboratory services, outpatient and medical office buildings.
When this first phase wraps up, construction will begin on a full-service hospital, according to Centura officials, who say their research indicated a strong need for more medical services in Castle Rock and Douglas County.
“Our goal is to provide a valuable breadth and depth of services, which includes providing quality health care to Douglas County,” says Randy Safady, executive vice president and chief financial officer. “Centura Health is the largest health-care system in Colorado, and the new facility will provide greater access to our system-wide expertise in tertiary care, oncology, trauma and cardiology, among many others.”
The new facilities will provide quicker and easier access to health care for Douglas County and surrounding areas, he says, while also providing access to Centura’s expansive depth of expertise. “A new facility in Castle Rock will allow Centura to further its tradition to share best practices and offer the latest in medical advances, technology and equipment throughout the state,” says Safady.
All this comes on top of the opening of Sky Ridge Medical Center in 2003, a facility that was the inaugural full-service hospital in the county, and one that has been adding services at a steady pace over the years.
In 2007, the Sky Ridge Imaging Center at Castle Rock opened, offering X-rays, ultrasound, CT scans and more, as well as the Sally Jobe Breast Center for mammography and related procedures. The hospital, which is part of the HealthONE Care Network, the largest health-care system in metropolitan Denver, marked its fifth anniversary in Castle Rock by expanding its cardiac-care program. Sky Ridge opened a 29-bed cardiac-care floor, expanded the number of intensive-care beds and began a cardiac-rehab program.
“We are proud that we were able to bring much needed imaging services and physician specialists closer to home in Castle Rock,” says Maureen Tarrant, chief executive officer of Sky Ridge Medical Center. “Our Castle Rock site now offers education classes for expecting parents, providing added convenience for busy families. And, based on feedback from our communities, we now have pediatricians in our Sky Ridge Emergency Department 24/7.”
Next up for Sky Ridge Medical Center will be a new entrance from Interstate 25, set to open in April 2009, and the new Spine & Total Joint Center, which will come online in fall 2009.
Story by Joe Morris
Photo by Jeff Adkins
