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Halifax Health outlines Deltona expansion and plans to add emergency and inpatient capacity
Summary
Ben Eby of Halifax Health updated the commission on services and an expansion at the Medical Center of Deltona, citing roughly 155,000 emergency-room visits in West Volusia, more than 12,000 admissions and plans to add 19 emergency rooms and 47 inpatient rooms to create a 90-bed inpatient hospital with capacity to expand further.
Ben Eby, administrator at Halifax Health's UF Health Medical Center of Deltona, presented a hospital overview and described recent and planned capital investments for West Volusia. Eby said Halifax Health provides substantial uncompensated care and highlighted recent service additions, including oncology and a stroke-center designation in Deltona.
Eby reported patient-volume numbers for West Volusia: roughly 155,000 emergency-room visits in Deltona, more than 12,000 admissions and about 9,000 surgeries (figures provided in the presentation). He also described a construction schedule that will add 19 emergency department rooms and 47 inpatient rooms so the facility will operate as a 90-bed inpatient hospital; the facility was built with structural capacity to add three stories in future phases to reach 180 beds.
The presentation emphasized Halifax Health's role as a regional provider and its mission to provide expanded local services so West Volusia residents do not have to travel to Daytona Beach or Orlando for specialty care. The transcript shows appreciation from commissioners and no formal action recorded during the segment.
