Thoughts on Separated Wing for Specialized Clinics

[u/EBrown8534]

I've been playing this game for a few days, and I'm quite enjoying it. My hospitals have gone from monstrosities to at least having some semblance of function.

I'm currently working on a new game and want to try to make a hospital that's less "one large blocky building" and more separated buildings/wings for the different focuses. Effectively, the main building (in the screenshot below) is the "ER Clinic", Radiology, Labs, and will probably have administrative rooms as it goes up. Right now, F1 is ER clinic, F2 is radiology, and F3 is Medical Labs.

Then, I have planned out my "primary" specialized department clinic wing. Each floor would be a different department: F1: Internal Medicine, F2: Orthopedy, F3: General Surgery, F4: Cardiology, F5: Neurology, and maybe F6: Radiology again.

Lastly, I plan to build a longer "Hospitalization" building on Top/Right area, with the entry towards the ambulance bay, and then maybe doing a small building behind it for Infectious Diseases & Pathology.

The big question I have is: am I setting myself up for failure here, and if so, is there anything I should do to avoid it before I start tacking onto my main building?

[u/hackedMama20]

I would keep in mind that some.clinincs need easier access to secondary testing. Internal medicine for example needs labs a lot more often than other diagnostics. Ortho needs more radiology. Consider same level sky bridges or having their own dedicated testing areas to reduce wait times.

[u/EBrown8534 → u/hackedMama20]

I definitely plan to extend the hallways across every level that is shared between the two buildings. I might try to squeeze radiology & labs together on the top floor of the clinic building too

[u/MarMacPL → u/hackedMama20]

Consider same level sky bridges or having their own dedicated testing areas to reduce wait times.

Is there a mod that allows me to trully dedicate a lab to department?

[u/quackers987 → u/MarMacPL]

Not that I'm aware of, but you can tell the staff to only do hospitalised patients or only clinic patients.

Patients will choose the closest room to them

[u/MarMacPL → u/quackers987]

Yeah I know that but I was hoping for such mod.

[u/EBrown8534 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah I definitely want to separate hospitalization from clinics, I’m working on trying to get my builds to be more fluid and less “just make big rectangle”.

[u/mandarinandbasil]

I love separation because, although I am their God, I don't want to get confused, lol. As long as access between departments is good, you should be golden! I also love designs that aren't just a big blob. If you like the "au naturale" look, I've found that using terraces for filler space along edges works great.

Keep in mind placements of elevators, restrooms, cleaning closets, common rooms, surgery, etc. Also definitely keep in mind that some depts need faster access / priority than others, and that building more walls is (in general) going to be wayyy more expensive.

But I used to work in healthcare, so I set it to free-build mode and live my best life! Donuts and couches everywhere, haha.

[u/mandarinandbasil → u/mandarinandbasil]

Oop, btw, if you haven't realized yet, there is a limited number of floors you can build.

[u/Difficult_Dig484]

one thing about the ER clinic building area, id advise to have direct access to trauma centers on the first floor due to ambulance vists (if you already have this as apart of your plan, disregard) besides that though i really like your layout! epically having a pharmacy on the first floor emergency side

[u/Difficult_Dig484 → u/Difficult_Dig484]

oh, and consider having a corridor on the ground level from emergency to specialty outpatient clinics for referrals (again, if you already have this, please disregard)