Mercy Southwest Hospital is getting a handful of new upgrades and resources as a new tower expansion is introduced to the campus. Hospital leaders say these new resources can be life changing for patients.

“We are opening the Thomas M. Hardt Tower so this project has been in the works since 2014 and its going to bring state of the art cutting edge treatment to everyone on the West side of Bakersfield,: said Vice president of Philanthropy Toni Harper.

Harper says the Thomas M. Hardt Tower isn’t just a building, it’s a lifeline for patients.

Equipped with 106 new beds, six operating rooms, and advanced cardiac and neonatal care units. Harper says the facility offer doctors the tools necessary to save lives, and where patients can get the treatment they need close to home.

“We went from 4

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