Introduction:
Ohio State University has unveiled its plans to construct its Wexner Medical Center Outpatient Care and Wexner Medical Center Outpatient Care West Campus in Dublin.
Features:
The Wexner Medical Center Outpatient Care Dublin project worth US$161.2 million will construct a new 272,000 square foot building.
The ambulatory surgery, endoscopy, primary care, speciality medical and surgical clinics, and related support spaces are the facilities offered by the project.
The Wexner Medical Center Outpatient Care Dublin project has to seek approval for construction and the remaining funding for professional services from the Board of Trustees.
The new facility is going to bebuilt on 34 acres of land just south of, and visible from, State Route 33. A new University Boulevard is going to be constructed to provide access from Shier Rings Road.
Construction would commence in June 2020 and run through summer 2022.
Besides, the University will also ask partial approval for the Wexner Medical Center Outpatient Care West Campus. It will seek US$132.3 million for the construction of the West Campus. The cancer-focused facility which is about 385,000 square foot will include a surgical center and proton therapy treatment facility.
The design cost for the project is estimated at a total of US$343.7 million and will need additional board action for full approval. Genitourinary (GU) clinic, interventional radiology rooms, extended recovery unit,a diagnostic imaging center, retail pharmacy, pre-anesthesia center, outpatient operating rooms, hematology clinic, infusion, and medical office and support spaces are included in the project. The project also will add a 640-space parking garage.
The proton therapy facility, in partnership with Nationwide Children’s Hospital, is going to be the first of its kind in central Ohio. Proton therapy is a complicated sort of radiation treatment that uses protons (positively charged particles) rather than x-rays to kill cancer cells. A high-energy proton beam painlessly is delivered by the machine through the skin from outside the body.
Proton therapy is predicted to utilise 60,000 square feet and account for about US$105 million of the overall project budget. Up to 50 per cent of the expected proton center project cost is committed by the Nationwide Children’s.
Specifications:
| Name | Ohio State University |
| Type | Construction |
| Schedule | Scheduled to be operational in 2022 |
