First public tour this week of new Centegra Hospital-Huntley
If you've been curious about the long-awaited new Centegra hospital in Huntley — expected to draw patients from towns on both sides of the I-90 corridor — your chance to check it out is here.
The hospital will allow self-guided tours from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, with the last one beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the hospital, 10400 Haligus Road, between Algonquin and Reed roads.
Guests will get to view the hospital's lobby and emergency department. The innovative design for the entrance, lobby, waiting areas and patient rooms gives off an inviting, hotellike feel. Artwork on the walls is aimed at soothing visitors.
The roughly $230 million, 360,000-square-foot hospital — being built on Centegra's existing 110-acre health campus — is scheduled to open Aug. 9.
The public also can tour the Huntley hospital July 16 during a Family Health Fest.
The hospital is expected to employ more than 1,000 people, including roughly 200 physicians and 450 associates to be hired initially.
It will offer 100 medical-surgical beds, a full-service emergency department, a women's center with 20 private obstetric rooms, eight intensive care beds, 24-hour pediatric care, special care nursery, joint and hip replacement center, a new cardiac catheterization laboratory and cardiology services, and a helipad for transporting critical patients.
An outpatient pharmacy will allow patients to get their prescription medications filled before they're discharged.
The five-story structure is on 110 acres overlooking clusters of homes spanning several communities. The campus includes the Centegra Health Bridge Fitness Center, which has an outdoor pool, and two medical office buildings.
Centegra Health System, McHenry County's largest employer, has hospitals in McHenry and Woodstock with more than 500 physicians on staff with privileges throughout the system.
The hospital combines “the best of everything” at two other hospitals, Centegra Health System Chief Executive Officer Mike Eesley said last month.
The four-story medical office building will be completed next year. Tenants will include Centegra doctors and specialists; Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, which will have a 30,000-square-foot regional campus within; and an outpatient renal dialysis center.
Advance registration is required for Thursday's tours by calling (877) 236-8347 or visiting centegra.org/communitytour. Parking will be available at the front of the hospital.