More New Openings

As I mentioned on Tuesday, the Santan Freeway is on track for a spring opening. There are a couple of other openings that affect residents of Morrison Ranch.

The AZ Republic reports that the emergency hospital could open today:

Gilbert Emergency Hospital on Power Road south of Ray Road could open as early as today, its chief executive officer said.

The hospital has passed its final licensing inspection from the Arizona Department of Health Services and will get its state license today, David Wanger said. The hospital is expected to complete its final systems check this morning.

The hospital will have the equivalent of 115 full-time employees. All patient records will be kept electronically, and hospital officials have said that every patient at Gilbert Emergency Hospital will be seen by a board-certified physician within 30 minutes of arrival.

It will be the town's first hospital. Two others, Mercy Gilbert Medical Center and Banner Gateway Medical Center, are expected to follow in June and in fall 2007, respectively.

I am amazed at the thought of a board-certified physician within 30 minutes at an emergency room; if they can really accomplish that, they will be doing something special.

The other opening is much closer to home, at least for me; the Panda Express at Higley and Elliot is trying to open on Friday - tomorrow! The guys at the office did a walk-through yesterday, and got the word that Friday is the hoped for start-of-business. Of course, things always take longer, so I'm not holding them to it, but I am hopeful along with them.