Thibodaux Regional Announces PROJECT2000 Thibodaux Regional Medical Center recently announced its upcoming $18 million phase of construction. Called PROJECT2000, this expansion plan is one of many steps Thibodaux Regional is taking to ready itself for the new millennium. PROJECT2000 will allow Thibodaux Regional to further advance patient care and keep members of our community well into the future. This construction project will consist of renovation of much of Thibodaux Regional's existing facility, as well as construction of new space. Several departments will be relocated to enhance staff and visitor circulation patterns. All renovations and additions will incorporate the very latest in medical technology. New construction will include a state-of-the-art Emergency Center to be located at the back of the Medical Mall, more than 450 new parking spaces for visitors and staff and a two-story addition at the rear of the hospital. The two-story addition will add 30 private rooms on the second floor and will provide space for various hospital clinical and support services on the ground floor. New construction will total approximately 50,000 square feet. The new Emergency Center will allow Thibodaux Regional to offer an even higher level of medical care to ill and injured patients. The new facility will contain some of the most advanced treatment technology available today and will be much more spacious, private and comfortable. Support service department renovations/relocations include the Business Office, Accounting, Mail/Copy, Information Services, Quality Resource Management, Human Resources, Marketing, Medical Records, Communications, Dining, Food Service, Biomedical and Environmental Services. The Inpatient Services Lobby, Meditation Room, Volunteer Services and Gift Shop areas also will be relocated and/or renovated. Clinical areas slated for expansion/renovation/relocation include Radiology, Laboratory Cardiopulmonary Services, Behavioral Health Services, Pharmacy and other specialty clinics. Thibodaux Regional also will add three new Labor, Delivery, Recovery, Postpartum suites (LDRPs) in the Family Birthing Center on the third floor. According to David Snyder, Chief Executive Officer, all aspects of PROJECT2000 have been designed with patient comfort and convenience in mind. Renovations and new construction will simplify getting around the Medical Center and will make the entire hospital environment brighter, more spacious and comfortable and even more modern. Relocated departments will be grouped together for optimum efficiency and speed of service. "We are embarking on PROJECT2000 as a way to continue our commitment to offering the very best medical care to residents of our region," Snyder says. "When the project is complete in approximately 36 months, we will have made access to services at Thibodaux Regional easier and better than ever. We also have grown very rapidly and need more room for expansion of current services and the addition of new ones," he continues. "Service quality and convenience will be the hallmarks of PROJECT2000---these attributes have been behind every decision in every aspect of our planning process and will continue throughout the construction phase," Snyder explains. "Our entire organization---the Board of Commissioners, Administration, physicians, staff and volunteers--- is strongly committed to customer service and convenience. We are excited to have the opportunity to continue to improve the level of service we offer to residents of South Louisiana now and as we enter the new millennium." Thibodaux Regional Medical Center is a modern, 149-bed acute care facility. As a regional referral center, the hospital offers a broad array of inpatient and outpatient care for the people of Lafourche and seven surrounding parishes. Highly specialized services include Cardiology, Heart Surgery, Oncology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Pulmonolgy, Obstetrics and Physical Rehabilitation services. return to list of archived press releases