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Baptist Health Paducah invertirá 19 millones de dólares en la expansión y renovación de sus departamentos quirúrgicos, que estará lista en otoño de 2027, incluyendo dos nuevas salas de operaciones robóticas da Vinci y una sala de endovascular Siemens biplane. El hospital, que realizó más de 14,000 cirugías en 2025 incluyendo más de 1,700 procedimientos robóticos, también ampliará su departamento de Esterilización Central con nuevo equipo de esterilización. Esta inversión busca satisfacer la creciente demanda de servicios quirúrgicos y posicionar a Baptist Health Paducah como líder regional en cirugía robótica, siendo el único Centro de Excelencia en Cirugía Robótica Mínimamente Invasiva de la región desde 2017.
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PADUCAH, Ky. — Baptist Health Paducah announced a $19 million expansion and renovation of its surgical departments that is expected to be completed in fall 2027, according to reporting from The Lane Report.
The project will add two new da Vinci robotic operating rooms and one new Siemens biplane operating room for advanced endovascular techniques. The hospital will also relocate and expand its Central Sterile department with new sterilization equipment and processing capabilities.
Baptist Health Paducah, which opened in 1953 as Western Baptist Hospital, performed more than 14,000 surgeries in 2025, including more than 1,700 robotic procedures. The expansion aims to accommodate growing demand for surgical services and keep patients from seeking care elsewhere.
“This investment reflects our ongoing commitment to providing high-quality, advanced surgical care for our patients,” said Kenny Boyd, president of Baptist Health Paducah. “By modernizing our facility and expanding our capabilities, we are better positioned to support our surgical teams and meet the growing needs of our patients.”
The new da Vinci robotic operating rooms will join existing da Vinci systems, which allow surgeons to perform minimally invasive procedures through small incisions using robotic-assisted technology. Baptist Health Paducah has been a regional leader in robotic surgery, introducing the first da Vinci Surgical System to the area in 2008 and maintaining accreditation as the region’s only Center of Excellence in Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery since 2017.
The hospital, a 373-bed facility that is part of Baptist Health, the largest not-for-profit healthcare system in Kentucky, serves approximately 200,000 patients annually from four states. Dr. Brad Housman, vice president and chief medical officer, noted that new surgeons will join existing service lines in coming months, with expansion into additional surgical specialties.
The Central Sterile expansion includes new STERIS sterilization equipment, additional preparation and packing tables, and upgraded washers and disinfectors to support the increased surgical volume. Ray Black & Son is serving as the general contractor for the project.
This article was generated by AI (claude-haiku-4-5-20251001) based on source material from Lane Report (KY Business), enriched with 2 web searches. The original source is available at https://www.lanereport.com/188131/2026/06/baptist-health-paducah-announces-19-million-expansion-and-renovation/.
