THE NEW CAMPUS THE MANY PARTS OF PARKLAND

The new Parkland Memorial Hospital will occupy 64 acres on the east side of Harry Hines Boulevard, directly
opposite the current hospital. It will remain a teaching hospital for doctors, nurses, technicians and other health ACUTE TOWER
professionals. The hospital also employs more than 9,000 people. The future of the current campus is undecided.

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CAMPUS center. This setup promises a quieter atmosphere for patient
recovery.

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CONSTRUCTION BUDGET: $1.27 BILLION 2010 OUTPATIENT VISITS: 1,234,377

“Build America Tax-exempt bonds Community Urgent care:
The fifth through ninth floors of the WISH tower will house the
bonds” $24.8 million clinic: 52,418
busy labor and delivery units along with gynecology and
$680 million 466,932
Emergency oncology units for women. Several well-baby nurseries will be
Interest on room: positioned near patient rooms, although most of the 15,000
Cash reserves
bonds 125,010 babies born annually at Parkland will stay in their mothers’
$350 million
$24 million Parkland specialty private rooms.
clinics: 326,071 Prenatal:
Tax-exempt bond 263,946
issue for parking Philanthropy WOMEN & INFANTS’ SPECIALTY
$42 million $150 million
HEALTH CLINIC
PATIENT ROOMS: CURRENT VS. FUTURE NEW ROOM
EXISTING ROOM Each private room will have 390 square feet — with enough
space for several visitors — and a fold-out couch so family
Two patients must share 220 square feet of space, allowing members can stay overnight. The bathroom will include a
room for only one visitor for each. Patients also share a small walk-in shower. The room also will have a computer for
bathroom that lacks a shower. Communal showers are located tracking patient charts and a large flat-screen television for
on each patient floor. private viewing and for screening of X-rays and other tests.

26 feet, 6 inches

Connected by a bridge to the WISH tower, this outpatient

20 feet, 6 inches
clinic will serve pregnant women experiencing complications
Nursing before delivery. The clinic will supplement the nine prenatal
station Chair clinics throughout Dallas County.
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MODEL OF THE NEW PATIENT ROOM

The fourth floor of the WISH tower will have 96 private
neonatal intensive-care rooms for babies born prematurely or
experiencing other complications. Each room will afford a baby
and family members about 200 square feet.

DIAGNOSTIC & TREATMENT BASE

The hospital’s busy emergency department will be on the first

floor with a pedestrian and drive-up entrance off Harry Hines
Boulevard and an ambulance entrance on the building’s north
side. The ER will feature 96 treatment beds, 10 trauma and
resuscitation rooms and a secure 11-bed unit for prisoners from
the county jail. The second floor will house imaging, a
pharmacy, pathology and cardiac-catheterization units and the
hospital’s blood bank.
PARKLAND’S DAILY PATIENT LOAD
Dallas County’s lone public hospital operates at maximum capacity. Here’s a breakdown of the average
daily patient load: MEDICAL/SURGICAL CLINICS

1,700 650 40
receive specialty care are inpatients undergo surgery

1,600 400 40 The building will house the outpatient specialty clinics
receive primary are treated in the babies are born and administrative offices. It will include more than 100
medical care emergency room specialty clinics staffed by resident physicians.

SOURCES: HDR + Corgan; Parkland Health & Hospital System; Dallas Morning News research Research by Sherry Jacobson/Staff Writer, graphic by Troy Oxford/Staff Artist