Community Invited To Parkland’s Open House On April 11

dptstaff | April 4, 2015 | LEAD STORY, LOCAL, NEWS | No Comments

On Sunday evening, March 29, Parkland Health & Hospital System painted the town purple as it prepares to celebrate the dedication of the new Parkland hospital. Lighted buildings throughout the city will switch from their signature green and red to “Parkland purple” in honor of Dallas’ premiere new public hospital.

The Bank of America Plaza, Reunion Tower, Hunt Oil Company, the Omni Hotel, 17Seventeen McKinney and the new Parkland are among the sites that were “painted” in purple lights.

Dedication of the new 862-bed state-of-the-art facility – the largest hospital construction project in the nation – took place at 10 a.m., Monday, March 30. More than 400 community leaders, faith-based representatives, elected officials and donors will join Parkland staff for the invitation-only event. The facility is scheduled to open for patient care on August 20.

And in order for others to get a glimpse of the new Parkland before it opens to patients, a community open house will be held from 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, April 11. Dallas County residents are invited to take self-guided tours in four areas of the hospital – emergency/trauma, surgery, Women & Infants Specialty Health and an inpatient unit where the private patient rooms will be available for viewing. Weather permitting, the Wellness Garden will be open for casual strolls along the walkway that puts the “park” back in Parkland.

Saturday, April 11, 2015

9 a.m. – noon

Explore the new Parkland!

You are invited to a first look at Parkland’s new state-of-the-art facility.

This free event will give you a rare opportunity to see and learn about the new hospital.

Behind-the-scenes tours will include: