Bon Secours St. Francis Medical Center Is Open
Hospital Equipped with Digital Technology and an Atmosphere of Spiritual Healing
 

Midlothian, Va. – Sept. 1, 2005 – The long-awaited Bon Secours St. Francis Medical Center in western Chesterfield County will open at 7 a.m. tomorrow. For the first time in more than 20 years, the area south of the James has a new hospital. “We are pleased to welcome St. Francis Medical Center to the Bon Secours family,” said Peter Bernard, president and CEO of Bon Secours Richmond Health System. “The building is beautiful and the technology is advanced. To me, however, the greatest part about

St. Francis is that you will have the high quality, compassionate care that you have experienced in other Bon Secours facilities. We look forward to offering our services south of the James.”

A 245,000-square-foot facility, St. Francis offers state-of-the-art medical and surgical services; 130 private patient rooms; six all digital surgical suites; a complete line of women’s health services, including a 12-bed birthing center and neonatology on site, 24/7, 365 days a year; 24-hour emergency care for all ages and all digital radiology and diagnostics.

The 75-acre campus includes the hospital and the St. Francis Medical Office Building. The St. Francis Cancer Center, a comprehensive treatment and education facility, will open in the spring of 2006. By next summer, a daycare center and a new medical office building dedicated to family medicine will be added to the campus.

The adjoining Medical Office Building, which opened last November, is home to the St. Francis Surgery Center, an outpatient surgery center. The building also houses 14 medical and specialty practices, Bon Secours HealthPartners Lab, Sheltering Arms Outpatient Services and a 28-bed in-patient rehabilitation hospital, also operated by Sheltering Arms and the Bon Secours Diabetes Treatment Center.

“We are excited that our doors are open and we can continue the Bon Secours tradition of providing quality and compassionate healthcare south of the James,” said Terrie Edwards, executive vice president and administrator for St. Francis. “Our services and surgical capabilities are extensive and our medical staff has access to the best and latest in medical technology.”

Located in western Chesterfield County, St. Francis will serve the counties of Chesterfield, Powhatan, Amelia, Buckingham, Cumberland, Nottoway, Goochland, the City of Colonial Heights and other surrounding communities. With the opening of Route 288, St. Francis is only minutes away from Goochland and Short Pump.

St. Francis is built to be a place of peace and healing for all who visit. Patients and visitors can walk along the hospital’s walking trail or take time for contemplation in the prayer garden located just outside of the St. Francis Chapel.

The Bon Secours Health Care Foundation is in the midst of the public phase of a capital campaign for St. Francis Medical Center. To date, the Foundation has raised more than $7.3 million, which has made facilities like the St. Francis Chapel, gardens, breast biopsy machine and cardiac care equipment possible.

A number of contractors made St. Francis Medical Center a reality, including, O’Dell & Associates, architects based in Charlotte, N.C.; Whiting-Turner, a construction contracting company based in Baltimore, Md.

Bon Secours Richmond Health System is a member of Bon Secours Health System, Inc., a national Catholic health care system with a healing ministry that serves 15 communities in nine states throughout the eastern United States.

For more information or a virtual tour of Bon Secours St. Francis Medical Center, please visit www.bonsecours.com or call (804) 594-7300.