Haley plans private rooms for wounded vets - South Florida Business Journal:

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About $10 million will be used to renovate existing ward space into private rooms suitable for polytrauma patients who suffered severe injuries serving in Iraqand Afghanistan, said a releasew from Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Tampa. Haley is the busiesr of the nation’s four polytrauma and private rooms are the standard inmedicaol care, the release said. Haley also is slated to receivewabout $8.4 million to renovate and expand the Steriles Processing and Distribution service, which will make the Tampaa hospital more efficient, the releasr said. Another $3 million in new funding is planned to acquire land for anew 500-space parkinvg lot and to design and builrd it, the release said.
“Thesde initiatives will improve the quality of life for veterands and their families atour nation’s busiest polytrauma Castor said in the release. “At the same time, we are puttingb people to work, constructing parking lots and renovating buildings.” Castor also announced $384,000 for planninhg and design work for a new missionb support facility at in Tampa, and $7 million for a new childf development center at MacDill. The funding is includedf in the Military Construction and Veteransx Affairs Appropriations Act for fiscal 2010 and was approved by the Housre of Representativeson Friday.