Boca Raton Regional Hospital's new Gloria Drummond Patient Tower adds 216 private rooms and 20 operating rooms. The hospital now has 561 licensed beds.

Boca Raton Regional Hospital has opened its Gloria Drummond Patient Tower, an eight-story, 427,000-square-foot building with 216 private patient rooms and 20 operating rooms.

The hospital, part of Baptist Health South Florida, announced the opening Monday. It called the tower the centerpiece of the largest campus transformation in its history.

The new rooms bring the hospital to 561 licensed beds. That is more than any other hospital in Palm Beach County, Baptist Health said.

What is in the tower

The tower holds:

  • 216 private patient rooms
  • 20 operating rooms, including two hybrid operating rooms with built-in imaging
  • an intensive care unit
  • expanded surgery and radiology services
  • the Michelle and Michael Hagerty Center for Graduate Medical Education, for training doctors through the hospital’s link with Florida Atlantic University’s Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
  • shops, dining, a sanctuary and outdoor courtyards for patients and families

The operating rooms are designed for complex, robotic and minimally invasive surgery, the hospital said. Every patient room is private.

With the tower, the campus at 800 Meadows Road now covers more than 1 million square feet.

Brain, spine and heart care

The tower adds room for the Marcus Neuroscience Institute, which treats stroke, spine disorders, brain tumors and epilepsy, Baptist Health said. It also expands services at the Christine E. Lynn Heart and Vascular Institute, which marks 20 years of heart care at the hospital this year.

“Every aspect of the Gloria Drummond Patient Tower was designed with our patients and families in mind, from the advanced surgical capabilities and private rooms to spaces that promote comfort, healing and connection,” said Lincoln Mendez, CEO of Boca Raton Regional Hospital and Baptist Health’s north region executive.

Who Gloria Drummond was, and who paid

The tower is named for Gloria Drummond. After a personal tragedy, she became a driving force behind the creation of a community hospital in Boca Raton more than 55 years ago, Baptist Health said.

The building was paid for through a large donation to the Boca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation and gifts from the community, the hospital said. The foundation’s Keeping the Promise Campaign raised more than $450 million for the tower and the wider campus expansion. It is the largest fundraising drive in the hospital’s history.

What it means for you

  • Check where to go. The announcement does not say which units have moved into the tower. If you have surgery or a scan booked, confirm the building and entrance with the hospital when you call. Its visitor information is on the hospital’s own page.
  • To give to the foundation, the hospital lists Donate.BRRH.com and 561-955-4142.

More on where Boca Raton’s neighborhoods sit around the hospital is in our neighborhoods guide.

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