Here's your first look at the $200M project that transformed the campus at Morton Plant Hospital
By Margie Manning, Finance Editor
Tampa Bay Business Journal
Published: Sep 28, 2017

Morton Plant Hospital took the wraps off its new Doyle Tower, a four-story, 200,000-square-foot patient and surgical building.

The tower, with private patient rooms, a new surgical center, women's services and an orthopedic center, will transform the hospital's Clearwater campus, officials said.

The new facility combines advanced technology with patient-centered care to help patients maximize healing and recovery, Kris Hoce, Morton Plant Hospital president and senior vice president for BayCare Health System's west region, said in a statement.

Morton Plant provided a media preview on Tuesday and plans to move hospital departments into the new building on a rotating schedule during October.

A community preview is scheduled on Sept. 30, according to the hospital's website.

Here's a tour of the facility:

First floor: There's a 270-seat auditorium, a chapel, gift shop, Publix pharmacy and Starbucks.

Second floor: There are 20 operating suites that are nearly double the size of the former suites. The operating rooms are fully digital and there is an intraoperative MRI, that allows surgeons to obtain MRI studies while a surgery is underway to determine results immediately.

Third floor: The focus is on women's care, including the Sarah Walker Women's Center and the Bobbie Marks Gynecological and Medical Surgical Unit. There are private birthing suites and a Level II neonatal intensive care unit with private rooms, among other features.

Fourth floor: There's a new orthopedic center, with 52 patient rooms designed to accommodate equipment needed by orthopedic surgery and patients and their visitors. The unit also has physical therapy and occupational therapy gyms and advanced training apartment so patients can practice daily activities.

The Doyle Tower is named for Roz Doyle. Roz and Dan Doyle, who co-founded Danka Business Systems, were among major donors to the project.

Other benefactors include health care entrepreneur Kate Tiedemann, who backed the intraoperative MRI; businesswoman Ellen Cotton, for whom the Ellen Cotton Lobby is named; and Shirley Long, a banker and philanthropist, whose gift is responsible for Long Chapel. The Dimmitt Family Auditorium is named for the Dimmitt family, which owns the Dimmitt Automotive Group. The Tranquility Garden and a Children's Terrace, which is coming soon, are named for George W. and Lisa O. Etheridge Jr. and family.; George Etheridge is the founder of Precision Orthopedics Inc. and Lisa Etheridge is an attorney. A Donor Wall honors contributions from Joan and Jerry Benstock, chairman emeritus of Superior Uniform Group (NASDAQ: SGC).

The project architect was Gresham Smith and Partners in Tampa and the contractor is JE Dunn Construction in Atlanta.