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— WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. – AdventHealth Wesley Chapel is excited to announce a major expansion to support the growing community of Pasco County. Construction began in early July, with the new additions expected to be ready by late 2025. State and local leaders, including Rep. Randy Maggard, who serves District 38, and Pasco County Commissioners Ron Oakley, Seth Weightman and Jack Mariano, all joined AdventHealth leaders and the community for a groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate this important milestone on August 15, 2024.
This project features a new three-story North Wing and a two-story South Courtyard Infill, adding 80,373 square feet of new space and renovating 8,837 square feet of existing space. The expansion will increase the hospital's licensed beds from 169 to 193, with room for two more 24-bed units in the future.
"We are expanding to help accommodate the health care needs of Pasco County and provide even more access to high-quality, whole-person care," said Erik Wangsness, president and CEO of AdventHealth Wesley Chapel. "This expansion allows us to prepare for the future, ensuring that we continue to deliver exceptional, award-winning care to every patient who walks through our doors."
The new addition allows for:
- 72 Inpatient Beds
- 2 Operating Rooms
- 2 Endoscopy Suites
- 1 Hybrid Operating Room
- 20 Pre-Op and Post-Op Beds
- Advanced Imaging Capabilities with MRI, and Radiology
The hospital expansion is supported by the AdventHealth Office of Design and Construction, architects Hunton Brady, Smith Seckman Reid, Inc. (Design Engineers), Atwell (Civil Engineering) and Batson Cook as the general contractors.
From state-of-the-art equipment to the most intricate building details, AdventHealth Wesley Chapel was designed from the ground up to maximize healing, patient care and wellness.
Since opening in October 2012, the hospital has earned national recognition as a leader in patient satisfaction, quality and safety, including being recognized as a World’s Best Hospital by Newsweek for three consecutive years. The hospital offers a full range of inpatient and outpatient health services.
In addition, an offsite 24-bed, 24/7 emergency room opened in January 2018 in Central Pasco to better serve the emergency health needs of residents in west and central Pasco. In 2021, the hospital opened a new 100,000-square-foot medical office building on campus, a new Oncology unit with 24 in-patient rooms, and two new Operating Rooms.
For more information about the hospital and ongoing updates, please visit www.AHWesleyChapel.com