Assemblywoman Blanca E. Rubio (D-Baldwin Park) has offered $3 million to the Emanate Well being Basis for its new emergency division and ICU at Queen of the Valley Hospital in West Covina.
State Sen. Susan Rubio, Mayor Rosario Diaz and West Covina Councilmember Ollie Cantos joined her to have fun the funding secured by way of the 2023 state finances.
“For years, this funding alternative has been a high precedence of mine. This finances request was put in jeopardy on account of a world pandemic and our state’s fiscal deficit,” stated Rubio. “Nonetheless, with perseverance and an impressive partnership with Emanate Well being, we efficiently secured state {dollars} for this mission.”
The state {dollars} will assist building for a 60,000-square-foot Queen of the Valley Emergency Division and Intensive Care Unit. In keeping with officers, previous to the pandemic the ability served greater than 80,000 sufferers in an area initially constructed to solely deal with 35,000 a yr.
“Assemblymember Rubio and Sen. Rubio are part of this neighborhood and are actually part of the Emanate Well being household,” Emanate Well being President & CEO Roger Sharma stated.
In keeping with Sharma there are 3,500 Emanate staff and 700 physicians residing and serving the San Gabriel Valley. Emanate Well being has three hospitals, Inter-Neighborhood Hospital in Covina, Queen of the Valley Hospital in West Covina and Foothill Presbyterian Hospital in Glendora.
The Queen of the Valley’s emergency and ICU are scheduled to be full in spring 2024 and officers report it’s anticipated to serve 120,000 individuals a yr.
In complete, Assemblywoman Rubio secured $3.5 million for the San Gabriel Valley although the state finances. As consultant of the forty eighth Meeting District she serves the cities of West Covina, Baldwin Park, Glendora, Covina, Azusa, West Puente Valley, Valinda, Duarte, South San Jose Hills, Vincent, Citrus, Constitution Oak, South Monrovia Island, Mayflower Village, Irwindale and Monrovia.
Alongside this medical facility, the finances appropriations may also embody present public security enhancements within the Metropolis of Covina and complement a Groundwater Reliability Venture for the Three Valleys Municipal Water District.
