| Our Biggest Operation: Total Renovation |
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Originally built in 1963, and last updated in 1983, Lafayette General recently completed a total facility renovation. All 10 floors of the facility have been renovated. We have added approximately 54 square feet to each room, larger bathrooms, showers, modernized patient care infrastructure.
Renovation Facts:
- Number of floors:10
- Average patient room size: 254 square feet
- Newly added square feet: 14,826
- Total renovated square feet: 161,708
- Total number of staffed beds (post renovation): 353
- Larger, updated patient rooms with larger bathrooms and showers
- New 12-bed inpatient rehab unit
- Updated 42-bed long-term acute care unit (Louisiana Extended Care Hospital)
- Updated Adult Emergency Department waiting and triage area to aid in reducing wait time
- New Pediatric Treatment Area in the Emergency Department with 6 treatment bays and a dedicated waiting area
- Total Project Cost: $70 million
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