TACOMA, Wash. — MultiCare Health System has purchased 2.4 acres of property at 5900 State Highway 303 NE, Bremerton, to construct a new 10,500-square-foot neighborhood emergency department.
The new facility will feature 10 patient rooms, four observation rooms, on-site radiology services, including X-ray, ultrasound, and CT scans. It will be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and staffed by board-certified emergency physicians.
“There’s a critical need for more emergency medical services in Kitsap County,” said Mark Robinson, president of MultiCare Tacoma General and MultiCare Allenmore hospitals. “Emergency departments across the Puget Sound are often at or near capacity. This new ED will give Kitsap County residents another option for emergency medical care.”
The Bremerton facility, which will operate under Tacoma General’s license, is expected to break ground on construction in spring 2023.
When MultiCare Bremerton Emergency opens in 2024, it will be MultiCare’s sixth neighborhood emergency department. The health system opened emergency departments in Parkland and Bonney Lake in 2019, South Hill in 2020 and Federal Way in 2021. A new emergency department is currently under construction in Lacey and scheduled to open in fall 2023.
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As one of the largest community-based, locally governed health systems in Washington state, our comprehensive system of health includes numerous primary care, urgent care and dedicated specialty services. For more information, follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or LinkedIn.
