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Ingham Regional opens new heart and surgery center

Date Posted: August 17 2007

LANSING - The Ingham Regional Medical Center (IRMC) unveiled its $53 million Chi Heart & Surgery Center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house on Sunday, July 12 - a job performed using union construction.

The new heart and surgery center will be a four-story, 158,000 square-foot facility, connecting with the main hospital campus at 401 W. Greenlawn. In part, the expansion addresses a 50% growth in patient admissions over the past seven years. All heart and surgical services will be combined under one roof, and will allow the addition of two floors of patient rooms.

The center was named for Seong M. Chi, M.D., a pioneer in cardiac treatment, and a team member that performed mid-Michigan's first open-heart surgery at Ingham in 1966. "The Chi Heart and Surgery Center is the new home for our nationally-recognized heart program,"said Robert N. Wright, Ingham's President and CEO. "Today's dedication of this state-of-the-art medical tower is a tribute to Dr. Chi's legacy of advancing the health and well-being of the mid-Michigan community and beyond."

The Chi Heart and Surgery Center is the largest building project undertaken by Ingham since its $9 million facility expansion in 1972. The five-story tower replaces Ingham's surgery department, combining campus heart and surgery services in one location. This includes 10 new operating rooms, five cardiac catheterization labs, a new surgical intensive care unit, a larger diagnostic area, an expanded radiology department, and 30 private patient rooms.

Ingham Regional is part of McLaren Health Care, mid-Michigan's largest health care system.

"Ten years ago, one of the compelling reasons McLaren Health Care chose Ingham to become part of our healthcare system was its people," said Incarnati". "From the exceptional medical and surgical skills of Ingham's physicians, to the outstanding patient care provided by its staff and volunteers, this hospital exemplifies clinical excellence. The resources McLaren Health Care has provided for this new Center builds upon these key strengths to bring a new level of cardiac services and patient care to the capital region."