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Officials get ready to cut the ribbon in front of the medical office building at AdventHealth Palm Coast Parkway. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Officials cut the ribbon in front of the medical office building on the campus of the AdventHealth Palm Coast Parkway hospital. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Denyse Bales-Chubb, the president/CEO of Advent Health Palm Coast and AdventHealth's Flagler/St. Johns market, speaks at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new hospital's 30,000-square-foot medical office building. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Wally De Aquino, CEO of the new AdventHealth Palm Coast Parkway, speaks at the ribbon cutting for the hospital's medical office building. Photo by Brent Woronoff
AdventHealth Palm Coast Parkway CEO Wally De Aquino stands next to the orthopedic suite's X-ray machine in the medical office building which had an unofficial opening on June 2. Photo by Brent Woronoff
AdventHealth Palm Coast Parkway is scheduled to open on Aug. 1. The medical office building is on the right. Photo by Brent Woronoff
AdventHealth Palm Coast Parkway is scheduled to open in two months. On Friday, June 2, AdventHealth held a ribbon cutting for the 30,000-square-foot medical office building attached to the new hospital.
The 100-bed Palm Coast Parkway hospital will be AdventHealth’s second hospital in Flagler County, joining AdventHealth Palm Coast, which is located off State Road 100. The new hospital is scheduled to open on Aug. 2.
Because of the county’s continued growth, a second hospital was necessary, said Denyse Bales-Chubb, president/CEO of AdventHealth Palm Coast and the health system’s Flagler/St. Johns market.
“We are doubling the size and bed capacity of the county,” Bales-Chubb said. “We’ve often been a little bit over-capacity, especially in the emergency department. We try to accommodate the needs of the community, and with an additional 24 emergency rooms over here, we’ll be able to absorb those needs.”
Wally De Aquino, the CEO of the new hospital, said doctors will begin seeing patients in the medical office building in mid-June.
“It is truly a special day for us to be here,” De Aquino said at the ribbon-cutting ceremony. “It wasn’t too long ago, we were doing the groundbreaking ceremony. It feels like it wasn’t too long ago, but it was actually September of 2021. We were in the midst of Covid, so it was a virtual program celebration. But we are blessed today to be in person here celebrating the opening of this beautiful building, which will be the cornerstone for this campus.”
The Palm Coast Parkway hospital will have several specialties including urology, gynecology, cardiology and gastroenterology.
Many doctors and staff members toured the medical office building for the first time on June 2.
“My jaw dropped when I walked through,” said Dr. Jessica Marshall, a general surgeon who is currently practicing at the S.R. 100 hospital. “I’ve been eager to get in the door. Everything is just beautiful, and we’re going to have state of-the-art equipment.”
The opportunity for us is not only to recruit and bring great talent to Flagler County, but to also have a building to support the physicians right next to the hospital. It's a big deal. — WALLY DE AQUINO, AdventHealth Palm Coast Parkway CEO
The orthopedics suite in the medical office building has an X-ray machine in the middle to make it convenient for patients who see doctors there, De Aquino said.
Doctors will be moving into the medical office building in phases with the first few coming in this month, De Aquino said.
“There's a few more that are coming between August and September and we're still looking for one or two more for the other suites that we have available. We are having conversations with them already,” he said.
The new hires will split between the two hospitals with some physicians who are currently at AdventHealth Palm Coast moving to Palm Coast Parkway.
“The opportunity for us is not only to recruit and bring great talent to Flagler County,” DeAquino said, “but to also have a building to support the physicians right next to the hospital. It's a big deal. So it's the beautiful start of a great, a great journey here in Flagler County.”
The new hospital will be able to withstand a Category 4 hurricane, De Aquino said. Its operating rooms will have 600-square-feet of space, 150 feet more than the ones at AdventHealth Palm Coast.
“As technology changes and we start using more and more robots in our OR's, they need more square footage,” Bales-Chubb said. It's not that they can't be accommodated in the existing hospital, but this allows for additional space to accommodate additional technology.”
AdventHealth Palm Coast Parkway was designed during Covid, so many design elements, especially regarding airflow, were implemented with Covid in mind, De Aquino said.
“This medical office building is just the beginning of a journey,” Bales-Chubb said at the ribbon cutting. “We are dedicated to expanding our services and reaching even greater heights in the future.”
The orthopedics suite in the medical office building has an X-ray machine in the middle to make it convenient for patients who see doctors there, De Aquino said.
Doctors will be moving into the medical office building in phases with the first few coming in this month, De Aquino said.
“There’s a few more that are coming between August and September, and we’re still looking for one or two more for the other suites that we have available. We are having conversations with them already,” he said.
The new hires be will split between the two hospitals, with some physicians who are currently at AdventHealth Palm Coast moving to Palm Coast Parkway.
“The opportunity for us is not only to recruit and bring great talent to Flagler County,” DeAquino said, “but to also have a building to support the physicians right next to the hospital. It’s a big deal. So it’s the beautiful start of a great journey here in Flagler County.”
The new hospital will be able to withstand a Category 4 hurricane, De Aquino said. Its operating rooms will have 600 square feet of space, 150 feet more than the ones at AdventHealth Palm Coast.
“As technology changes and we start using more and more robots in our ORs, they need more square footage,” Bales-Chubb said. “It’s not that they can’t be accommodated in the existing hospital, but this allows for additional space to accommodate additional technology.”
AdventHealth Palm Coast Parkway was designed during COVID-19, so many design elements, especially those affecting airflow, were implemented with COVID in mind, De Aquino said.
“This medical office building is just the beginning of a journey,” Bales-Chubb said at the ribbon cutting. “We are dedicated to expanding our services and reaching even greater heights in the future.”
