{"id":8717593,"date":"2023-01-16T13:45:19","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T21:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eastbaytimes.com\/?p=8717593&preview=true&preview_id=8717593"},"modified":"2023-01-17T05:31:05","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T13:31:05","slug":"good-samaritan-san-jose-higher-medical-hospital-building-expand-build","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eastbaytimes.com\/2023\/01\/16\/good-samaritan-san-jose-higher-medical-hospital-building-expand-build\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Samaritan eyes big hospital bed increase with San Jose expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN JOSE \u2014 Good Samaritan is eyeing a big increase in hospital beds as part of its plan to triple the size of its existing healthcare campus in San Jose.<\/p>\n

At present, Good Sam hospital accommodates 273 beds on the grounds of the healthcare organization\u2019s campus at 2425 Samaritan Drive in southwest San Jose.<\/p>\n

Once complete, the new campus would contain 419 beds, according to plans on file with San Jose city officials.<\/p>\n

\u201cHCA seeks a new planned development zoning to replace the existing zoning to address seismic retrofit requirements as required by Senate Bill 1953, to modernize hospital facilities and to improve access to comprehensive healthcare for the growing population,\u201d Elizabeth Cobb, a senior project manager with Kimberly-Horn, a planning consultant for HCA for the hospital expansion.<\/p>\n

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New medical center building at Good Samaritan Hospital, street-level view, 2425 Samaritan Drive in San Jose, concept. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The total building area at the future Good Samaritan medical complex would be slightly under 1.37 million square feet, compared with the current campus which totals 450,700 square feet, the city plans show.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s slightly more than three times the size of the existing campus, according to the plans filed by Good Samaritan Hospital, whose owner is Tennessee-based HCA Healthcare.<\/p>\n

The project also envisions an interim size for the campus. In the interim phase, the Good Sam complex would total 378 beds and consist of 710,700 square feet.<\/p>\n

The existing Good Sam complex provides 1,031 parking stalls. The proposal would eventually create a complex with 2,422 stalls.<\/p>\n

Good Sam and HCA Healthcare want city officials to completely rezone the entire 21-acre site that accommodates the existing hospital as well as the future expansion buildings and parking facilities.<\/p>\n

In its final phase, the project would add a medical office building totaling 200,000 square feet.<\/p>\n

The expansion project is being undertaken largely to comply with the requirements of SB 1953 which obliges all hospital buildings to meet certain seismic safety requirements by a deadline.<\/p>\n

Among other key changes that would arise from this proposal, once the expansion is complete:<\/p>\n