$50 Million Expansion at Mayo Clinic Hospital in Phoenix

Thursday, March 30, 2006

What: Public Announcement of $50 Million Expansion at Mayo Clinic Hospital in Phoenix

When: Wednesday, April 5, 2006. Media are invited to attend the event from 1 - 2 p.m.

Who: Victor F. Trastek, M.D., CEO, Mayo Clinic in Arizona, and Councilwoman Peggy Neely, District 2, Phoenix

Where: Mayo Clinic Hospital, 5777 East Mayo Boulevard, Phoenix. The event will be held in front of the hospital, in parking lot E (on the northeast side of the hospital). A light lunch will be served.

Why: The Mayo Clinic Board of Trustees approved a $50 million expansion of Mayo Clinic Hospital to add both inpatient bed and surgical suite capacity. This project is an important component of the long-term master plan, providing an increased capacity to care for patients on the Phoenix campus, as Mayo Clinic Hospital volumes have been growing steadily over the past few years.

The project will include a vertical two-floor expansion, with one floor of beds and a mechanical floor. Also, a horizontal expansion will provide shell capacity for three additional operating rooms and associated support space. The project will also add space in the Emergency Department and the patient and staff cafeteria.

Mayo Clinic is a private group practice of medicine dedicated to providing diagnosis and treatment of patient illnesses through a systematic focus on individual patient needs. As a leading academic medical center in the Southwest, Mayo Clinic focuses on providing specialty and surgical care in more than 65 disciplines at its outpatient facility in north Scottsdale and at Mayo Clinic Hospital. The 208-licensed bed hospital is located at 56th Street and Mayo Boulevard (north of Bell Road) in northeast Phoenix, and provides inpatient care to support the medical and surgical specialties of the clinic, which is located at 134th Street and Shea Boulevard in Scottsdale.

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