Construction Update

Memorial Health System of East Texas Begins Construction on New $30 Million Cardiovascular and Stroke Center

Memorial Health System of East Texas has broken ground break on a new 30 million dollar expansion project. Construction began in the spring of 2008 on the Cardiovascular and Stroke Center of East Texas. The new four-story facility will be located next to the hospital’s emergency room. Construction is expected to be completed in fall 2009.

The new tower is designed to compliment the existing campus buildings, while featuring many modern concepts, like matching brick and Stucco-like finishes, bands of colored stone, and modern window walls that resemble the exterior of the Medical Arts Pavilion. The new building will feature the latest in health care design and it will utilize a “green building” concept and “evidence-based” planning. The project also includes a new 54-space parking area off of Ellis Street.

The new tower will be 106,000 square feet and it will house a 32 bed Emergency Department (ER) on its first floor. The expanded ER will have 2 triage rooms, 2 major trauma rooms, and 4 designated psychiatric rooms. Sharing space on the first floor will be the Central Sterile Processing area. The second floor will be home to new cardiac catheterization labs and dedicated surgical suites. The hospital’s Intensive Care Unit will move to the third floor of the new tower and it will have 24 beds available, which doubles its current size. A 26 bed Step Down Unit and a Progressive Care area will be located on the fourth floor and the roof will accommodate a new helipad for air ambulance service.

As part of the construction, the current Emergency Room entrance will be closed. Patients and guests will be directed toward the back entrance of the hospital. Signs will be posted and hospital personnel will be available to help escort patients

Parking
Parking has become a premium at Memorial Medical Center—Lufkin as the new tower is constructed. You are encouraged to take advantage of our free valet parking.  This service is located at the hospital’s main entrance by the water fountain and at the Temple Imaging Center, which is located inside the Medical Arts Pavilion. 

Valet Parking Hours

            Main Hospital Entrance

            Monday-Thursday 6:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

            Friday-6:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

            Temple Imaging Center (Medical Arts Pavilion)

            Monday-Thursday 8:00-3:00 p.m.

Friday-8:00-12:00 p.m.

If you park in one of our many lots, you can take a ride on the Easy Go Shuttle.  This complimentary shuttle service runs Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.      

Emergency Entrances

• Patients Arriving by Car
  There are new emergency entrances at Memorial Medical Center—Lufkin.  All patients arriving by car to the hospital should enter the hospital off Frank Street.  This Emergency entrance is for “walk-in” patients only and is located between the main hospital and the Medical Arts Pavilion.  Enter the front of the Memorial campus and follow the Emergency entrance signs.  A designated parking area also is available for the convenience of our patients and guests.  Click here to view a a map of the new Emergency entrances.
   
• Ambulances Only Entrance
  All patients arriving by ambulance will enter behind the hospital.  This entrance is designated by a newly constructed awning and signs that read “Ambulance Only.”  Please keep in mind that guests arriving with a patient being transported by an ambulance should still enter the hospital off Frank Street. 

Watch for more updates as they become available. Thanks to all our patients, guests, and employees for their cooperation as we prepare for the opening of the Cardiovascular and Stroke Center of East Texas.