Waukesha hospital undergoing $18.3 million renovation
ProHealth Care announced a three-year renovation project at Waukesha Memorial Hospital, beginning with a new central concourse and later including many of the hospital's clinical areas.
The health system said it has committed $18.3 million to the project so far and will commit more money as work progresses.
The new concourse will entail reconstruction of the east entry, second-floor lobby and adjacent areas. Construction began in the past month.
"The bidding we've gotten for phase one is very, very competitive," said John Robertstad, president of ProHealth's hospital division, overseeing Waukesha Memorial and Oconomowoc Memorial hospitals.
The phase will include a 300-seat dining area that wraps around a courtyard and that consolidates two existing dining areas. It also will include a specialty pharmacy, a larger gift shop, a community meeting room and a family resource center.
The hospital later plans to renovate several clinical areas, such as intensive care, surgery, neurology and oncology. That work will include redesigning six rooms so that they can be used for additional intensive-care beds when needed. The hospital now has 31 rooms in its intensive care unit.
Several years ago, Waukesha Memorial expanded and renovated its laboratory as part of a $24 million project.
Waukesha Memorial was the fourth-largest hospital, based on revenue, in the Milwaukee area in 2010, behind Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center, Froedtert Hospital and Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, according to information filed with the Wisconsin Hospital Association.
The hospital had net income of $55.4 million on revenue of $467.2 million in its fiscal year ended Sept. 30, according to ProHealth's audited financial statement. That compared with net income of $63.3 million on revenue of $464.1 million in fiscal 2010.
Oconomowoc Memorial broke even in the 2011 fiscal year after reporting net income of $4.8 million for 2010. That hospital now competes with Aurora Health Care's hospital in nearby Summit.
Admissions at both ProHealth hospitals are up this fiscal year, Robertstad said.
ProHealth Care had net income of $27.9 million on revenue of $714.9 million for its fiscal year ended Sept. 30.
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