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Mary Poole
Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas
Beaumont & Orange
(409) 212-6145/Mobile (409) 291-3731

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony opening the new Trinity Tower

BEAUMONT – (February 2009) – On Tuesday, February 3, 2009, at 4:30pm, Baptist Beaumont Hospital along with Mayor Becky Ames, Odra Gloston and Mae Guillory, both 50 year employees, will perform a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony opening the new Trinity Tower. The new $56 million expansion is located at the front of the existing campus at 3080 College Street.

The new expansion will be an answer to the critical needs of our community. The 55 new private rooms located on the 3rd and 4th floor of the new tower will all have telemetry monitoring which allows the nurses to monitor the vital signs of the patients on a continued basis while at their workstation. Each room will be divided into three sections with a space for the patient, their family and a designated area for the nurse caring for the patient. The second floor of the new Trinity Tower will remain vacant in the event that the hospital expands operations at a later date. The first floor of the Trinity Tower will allow for a covered drop-off area for patients, clergy and physicians.

The expansion was a direct result of Hurricane Rita’s devastation in our area three years ago. Rita’s destruction forced the hospital’s rehabilitation facility to be condemned, resulting in the loss of 21 patient rooms. The new Trinity Tower will be able to handle a category 4 hurricane. “The addition will meet our community’s needs,” stated Guy Giesecke, Chief Operating Officer. “We are blessed to have been given an excellent opportunity to extend services to Southeast Texas.”

Baptist Hospitals is a not-for-profit healthcare system with a mission to provide quality healthcare in a Christian environment. With a 60 year history in Southeast Texas, Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas provides a full range of clinical services.

Construction Facts:
As many as 140 construction workers on site at a time 7,373 tons of concrete used on project 40 miles of cable installed 170 doors and 190 windows installed at completion of project 32,000 ft. of pipe used for the new tower plumbing system.

For more information: Please contact Mary Poole at (409) 291-3731