Last week, a major construction milestone was reached for a new $150 million surgical hospital in L.A.’s Mid-Wilshire district.
Concord-based construction contractor Swinerton Builders announced that it has completely enclosed the 55,000-square-foot, five-story tower. After the interior buildout is finished, the DOCS Surgical Hospital – owned and operated by Beverly Grove-based DOCS Health Inc. – is expected to open late this year.
The building replaces an 8,500-square-foot hospital building that DOCS Health purchased in 2019. It will supplement the company’s original spinal and orthopedic surgery center at its Beverly Grove headquarters.
A ‘new model’
The new surgical hospital represents a slight twist on the decades-long trend toward ambulatory surgery centers that primarily function on an outpatient basis. These centers have sprung up as a cheaper, more-focused alternative to community and regional hospitals.
More of these surgery centers are returning some of the features of full-service hospitals, including multiple suites for operations, a full array of imaging technologies and longer-term patient recovery rooms. But there’s a specialty-care focus for all of these features – in DOCS Health’s case, spine and orthopedic surgery.
“This project represents a new model for surgical care,” Khawar Siddique, chief executive of DOCS Health, said in the announcement.
