Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center will break ground today on a $200 million expansion. The work, set for completion in fall 2013, will add a nine-story tower dedicated for heart and vascular treatment, a Level I trauma center, and an expanded emergency room. The tower will have 330,000 square feet of space and face Essen Lane, while the new trauma center will provide the highest level of care for the most critical cases. The only other Level I trauma centers in Louisiana now are in New Orleans and Shreveport. The new trauma center will be one of the benefits of the partnership between OLOL and LSU Health System, which will have LSU medical students training at the hospital. Once the expansion is completed, the OLOL emergency room will be the size of two football fields, with a pad that can support two helicopters. The work is projected to create 2,065 construction jobs. For a rendering of the tower, click here.
OLOL breaks ground on $200 million expansion
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