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The hospital will soon begin construction on a new surgical suite with four operating rooms, which will lead to expanded services, including the availability of robotic surgery.
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Florida Hospital Kissimmee will soon break ground on a new expansion, which will bring a modern surgical suite and expanded services to Osceola County.
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The 27,000-square-foot surgical suite will start with four operating rooms, with the capacity to add more to accommodate future growth. The operating rooms will feature state-of-the-art lighting, camera and recording capabilities. Robotic services are planned as well.
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"This expansion is part of a journey of growth over the last several years to meet the area's health-care needs," said Florida Hospital Kissimmee CEO, Sheila Rankin. "It demonstrates our commitment to bring wholeness to the Kissimmee community, today and for years to come."
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The project coincides with the hospital celebrating its 25th anniversary as part of the Florida Hospital system, and it caps a series of recent upgrades. In 2014, the hospital opened an expanded Emergency Room, followed by an 80-bed patient tower in 2015 and a cath lab in 2016. The most recent of these updates is a new, on-site retail pharmacy, scheduled to open in December 2018.
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"We are always working to provide more services locally, resulting in our patients getting care closer to home, in their community," Rankin said. "We are proud of our 25-year legacy of bringing whole-person health to the people of Osceola County, and this expansion positions us to continue that care well into the future."
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Official groundbreaking on the project will occur this month, with completion expected in September 2019. ESa is the architect, and Brasfield & Gorrie is the general contractor.
