The University of California, San Francisco, has broken ground on a $4.3 billion “hospital of the future” to increase its bed capacity, add operating rooms and expand emergency care.
The 15-story UCSF Health Helen Diller Hospital will open in 2030 at the university’s flagship campus on Parnassus Heights.
“The UCSF Health Helen Diller Hospital is one of the most advanced hospitals being built in the country, expanding our ability to provide exceptional care for San Francisco and serve patients from around the world,” President and Chief Executive Officer Suresh Gunasekaran said in prepared remarks at the Saturday groundbreaking.
The facility will increase hospital capacity by 37 percent to 682 beds. It will also add 21 operating rooms for a 43 percent increase in surgical capacity, and 31 emergency care beds, boosting capacity 71 percent, according to a news release.
UCSF said it will create 1,000 union jobs and invest $20 million in public transit improvements near Parnassus Heights, including $11 million to augment the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s N Judah line.
It also pledged a 2:1 replacement of trees removed on Parnassus Avenue during construction.
The university said it plans to pair Helen Diller Hospital with a research and academic building that it expects to open in 2028 on the western edge of the campus.
UCSF, which focuses on medical training, research and care, was established after the Gold Rush to train doctors for the county hospital.