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Mission Hospital opens patient care wing

Mission Hospital of Mission Viejo, Calif., has completed a $153 million patient care tower that expands the facility's capacity to meet the needs of the growing population of Orange County, according to Markie Cowley, Mission Hospital's executive vice president and chief operating officer.

Opened on Nov. 15, the addition houses imaging, diagnostic services and nuclear medicine units as well as departments specializing in neuroscience and stroke care. The tower added 44 beds to Mission Hospital's 508 bed count, making it the largest hospital in Orange County, according to facility administrators.

Cindy Mueller, Mission Hospital's vice president of mission integration, said the expanded facilities will help clinicians to place patients quickly in comfortable rooms instead of having them wait a long time in the emergency room.

She added that a new chapel and healing garden in the tower provide patients with a sacred space. "The care we provide strives to be Christ's compassion in the world, and the environment, a place of healing and center of love," she said.

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