HCA Johnston-Willis Hospital at 1401 Johnston Willis Drive. (Jack Jacobs photo)
HCA is working on a project to improve its cancer-fighting capabilities at its Bon Air hospital.
The health system recently filed plans for an expansion and renovation project at Johnston-Willis Hospital to make way for a new linear accelerator, a machine that’s used to treat cancer by beaming radiation at cancerous tumors.
“As with most medical technology, radiation oncology treatment systems continue to improve in terms of clinical capabilities and precision. Our new system will allow us to treat our patients with the most clinically advanced radiation oncology treatments available,” HCA spokeswoman Pryor Green said in an email last week.
HCA plans to spend about $9.5 million on the project, which includes the construction of a 1,715-square-foot addition to the 530,000-square-foot hospital campus at 1401 Johnston Willis Drive.
Also included in the project are plans to renovate about 2,800 square feet of existing spaces at the hospital, according to a site plan dated July 7 that was filed with Chesterfield County.
The renovation-side of the project includes the creation of a new exam room, a new dressing area and an inpatient holding bay in existing parts of the hospital, according to the plans.
The project is anticipated to start construction later this year, with completion expected in the third quarter of 2024, according to Green.
Gilbane Building Co. is listed as the general contractor and Catalyst Design Group the civil engineer on the project’s construction plan. TMPartners is the project architect.
A section of the construction plan dated July 7 that shows new construction and renovations to be completed as part of HCA’s $9.5 million project. (Image courtesy of Chesterfield County)
The new linear accelerator will serve as a replacement for one of the two existing linear accelerators at the hospital.
One of the rooms currently home to an operating linear accelerator will be vacated as part of the project. There are plans to eventually get state approval to bring that room back into operation for a third linear accelerator, Green said.
“The vault that currently houses the older piece of equipment will be empty at the end of the project and will stay that way until we get a (certificate of public need) for a third linear accelerator,” she said.
Green didn’t share a timeline on when that certificate of public need would be pursued. In Virginia, healthcare providers are required to get regulatory approval from the state through the COPN process for certain medical equipment and facilities.
HCA’s plans to add onto Johnston-Willis comes as the health system seeks approval from the state and Hanover County for a brand-new hospital that would be built near Ashland. HCA has proposed a 60-bed hospital, as well as medical office buildings on Sliding Hill Drive.
Roughly a 15-minute drive away in Midlothian, HCA’s rival Bon Secours is looking to invest in its St. Francis Medical Center hospital campus with a new surgery center and medical office space.
HCA Johnston-Willis Hospital at 1401 Johnston Willis Drive. (Jack Jacobs photo)
HCA is working on a project to improve its cancer-fighting capabilities at its Bon Air hospital.
The health system recently filed plans for an expansion and renovation project at Johnston-Willis Hospital to make way for a new linear accelerator, a machine that’s used to treat cancer by beaming radiation at cancerous tumors.
“As with most medical technology, radiation oncology treatment systems continue to improve in terms of clinical capabilities and precision. Our new system will allow us to treat our patients with the most clinically advanced radiation oncology treatments available,” HCA spokeswoman Pryor Green said in an email last week.
HCA plans to spend about $9.5 million on the project, which includes the construction of a 1,715-square-foot addition to the 530,000-square-foot hospital campus at 1401 Johnston Willis Drive.
Also included in the project are plans to renovate about 2,800 square feet of existing spaces at the hospital, according to a site plan dated July 7 that was filed with Chesterfield County.
The renovation-side of the project includes the creation of a new exam room, a new dressing area and an inpatient holding bay in existing parts of the hospital, according to the plans.
The project is anticipated to start construction later this year, with completion expected in the third quarter of 2024, according to Green.
Gilbane Building Co. is listed as the general contractor and Catalyst Design Group the civil engineer on the project’s construction plan. TMPartners is the project architect.
A section of the construction plan dated July 7 that shows new construction and renovations to be completed as part of HCA’s $9.5 million project. (Image courtesy of Chesterfield County)
The new linear accelerator will serve as a replacement for one of the two existing linear accelerators at the hospital.
One of the rooms currently home to an operating linear accelerator will be vacated as part of the project. There are plans to eventually get state approval to bring that room back into operation for a third linear accelerator, Green said.
“The vault that currently houses the older piece of equipment will be empty at the end of the project and will stay that way until we get a (certificate of public need) for a third linear accelerator,” she said.
Green didn’t share a timeline on when that certificate of public need would be pursued. In Virginia, healthcare providers are required to get regulatory approval from the state through the COPN process for certain medical equipment and facilities.
HCA’s plans to add onto Johnston-Willis comes as the health system seeks approval from the state and Hanover County for a brand-new hospital that would be built near Ashland. HCA has proposed a 60-bed hospital, as well as medical office buildings on Sliding Hill Drive.
Roughly a 15-minute drive away in Midlothian, HCA’s rival Bon Secours is looking to invest in its St. Francis Medical Center hospital campus with a new surgery center and medical office space.