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MemorialCare Medical Centers Press Room
Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center Announces Plans for New Patient Care PavilionHospital’s Expansion Project to Improve Access to High Quality Healthcare Services for Growing CommunityFOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. – In its continuing efforts to meet the health care needs of a growing community, Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center is announcing plans to develop the new Orange Coast Patient Care Pavilion. The 177,000 square foot pavilion will serve as the new front door to the hospital and will be the new home for the MemorialCare Cancer Center; MemorialCare Breast Center; The Orange Coast Outpatient Surgery Center and advanced imaging services, providing patients the most innovative treatment and diagnostic services under one roof. “As a not-for-profit community hospital, it is our mission to provide our community convenient access to high quality, affordable health care services. The Patient Care Pavilion will be a modern medical facility that our neighbors and community can be proud of,” said Marcia Manker, chief executive officer of Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center. “In addition, the pavilion will attract highly-qualified physicians to our community in a time when we are faced with a looming physician shortage in California.” Since 1996, Orange Coast Memorial has experienced a 245 percent increase in total patient growth and a 330 percent increase in outpatient services. Utilization of most health care services occurs predominantly among the older-adult population and the community surrounding the hospital is projected to experience a 22 percent growth surge in that population over the next five years. To address the health care needs of its growing community, Orange Coast Memorial identified an imminent need to expand. “Over the years we have listened very closely to our community and its needs. We have responded with centers of excellence, state-of-the-art technology, some of Orange County’s most respected physicians and now a new Patient Care Pavilion,” said Manker. “We are growing together as a community and as a hospital. We are confident that this expansion project will bring many great benefits to our community. It will increase the tax base for our city, create important and high-quality job growth and most importantly is the next step towards achieving the gold standard for health care in our community.”
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