In addition to the $99.8 million we're spending on our new facility, Vista Medical Center Lindenhurst, we've filed a Certificate of Need (CON) application for open-heart services to be available at Vista Medical Center East. We are investing $70 million in capital improvements at our existing facilities, Vista Medical Center East and Vista Medical Center West in Waukegan. These improvements include:

• Transforming Vista West's former emergency room into a 24-hour urgent care center;
• Modernizing the ICU and same-day surgery area at Vista East;
• Expanding behavioral health care and inpatient rehabilitation at Vista West;
• Renovating Vista East's New Family Center, which is for pregnant women and their families; and
• Developing an open heart surgery program* at Vista East, ensuring that residents receive cardiac care close to home

Construction of the open heart surgery facilities will be managed to avoid inconvenience to patients and visitors at Vista East. All of this is in addition to the $20 million invested in the last 12 months in Vista East, this included adding a catheterization lab and endoscopy suites, as well as renovations to the emergency room, which is now the largest ER in Lake County.

Show your support for improvements in our two current Waukegan facilities by signing our petition form online.

* Subject to the approval of the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board