The University of Michigan Board of Regents today approved a $163 million expansion to renovate the former Mott Hospital and part of University Hospital into a neuroscience facility to treat diseases of the brain and spine.
Regents approved adding 120 adult beds, including 25 more intensive care beds, and eight operating rooms.
The project will create a new neuroscience-focused hospital in the building that formerly housed C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital and Von Voigtlander Women’s Hospital. Last December, infants, children and women were moved into a new facility.
“I’m especially excited about focusing our neuroscience services in an environment where our teams can use their skill and the latest technology to treat patients with conditions ranging from aneurysms and strokes to brain tumors, epilepsy and Parkinson’s disease,” said Ora Hirsch Pescovitz, M.D., CEO of University of Michigan Health System.
The project, which will require certificate of need approvals from the Michigan Department of Community Health, is expected to be completed by the end of 2014.
“This investment in our care for adults, and especially in our clinical neuroscience specialties, will help all Michigan residents and others who turn to us for advanced care,” said Doug Strong, CEO of University Hospitals and Health Centers.
The project includes a renovation of 163,000 square feet of clinical space and 104,000 square feet of space for support services and offices.
Strong said expansion is necessary because University Hospital has been at 90 percent occupancy for several years. Since 2008, inpatient admissions have increased 3.7 annually along with higher demand for observation and intensive care beds, he said.
By Jay Greene, Crain’s Detroit
