Tour Construction at San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital This Week

The public is welcomed this week to tour the ongoing construction project at San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital-- which includes the new emergency department and intensive care unit.

The new buildings, being added on to meet the growing population in the area, are approximately 90% complete, according to hospital spokeswoman Molly Davis.

During the tour, participants will be led through the buildings to check everything out, including the latest technology being installed.

"In addition, participants can visit the 'mock-up' patient rooms, and find out what it would feel like to be a patient in the ED or ICU," Davis said.

After the tour, a brief construction update meeting will be held for those interested.

The tour starts at 4 p.m. Wednesday, and the meeting follows at 5 p.m.  Both events meet in Classroom C at the hospital, near the Women’s Center parking lot off of Wilson Street.

If you can't make it to this tour, additional ones will be held on the third Wednesday of each month going forward.

Recently, , which will help keep the existing emergency department running at full capacity while construction continues, and later help with operational costs at this new department once it opens in April 2013.

is located at 600 North Highland Springs Avenue in Banning.