A new freestanding emergency room is coming to eastern Polk County next year — the latest in a string of expansion and new construction projects Clearwater-based BayCare Health Systems has launched throughout the Tampa Bay region.
BayCare plans to build a new 12,000-square-foot emergency services facility in Pasco County’s Davenport area, at the southeast corner of U.S. Highway 27 and Ridgewood Lakes Boulevard, the hospital announced. The new facility will include 15 rooms for treating patients. Construction is scheduled to begin next year.
“The Davenport site represents an exciting opportunity to offer more high-quality emergency care to our communities in eastern Polk County,” Todd Jones, BayCare’s chief strategy officer and chief ambulatory services officer, says in the announcement. “At a freestanding emergency department, we can often see patients within just a few minutes of their arrival. We know that patients are seeking out that level of convenience and efficiency for their care.”…