Valley Children’s Healthcare broke ground Friday on its much-anticipated Eagle Oaks Pediatric Specialty Center with a promise of better health care for the children of Kern County.
When finished in 2018, the 52,000-square building, sited on Stockdale Highway across the street from Bakersfield Christian High School, will provide an array of pediatric services to families. Former NFL, Fresno State and Stockdale High quarterback David Carr was one of the featured speakers at the event.
In an interview last week on NEWSTALK 1180/96.1 KERN, Valley Children’s President and CEO Todd Suntrapak said: “At that site we will have room to expand to about 70-75,000 square feet. More importantly it will more than quadruple the number of pediatric sub-speciality doctors that just don’t come to this community but in fact that live here. As members of the community, they will be taking their kids to soccer and you will be bumping into them in the grocery store. Our intent is to recruit pediatric specialty doctors to live here.’’
Here’s a collection of social media posts from the event:
Here's @DCarr8 breaking ground with our wonderful staff from the Valley Children's 34th Street Specialty Care Center in #wawx Bakersfield. pic.twitter.com/xQTAv6VVsZ
— Valley Children's (@CareForKids) April 7, 2017
@carrelite Coach @DCarr8 turning dirt with @CareForKids FAMOUS George! #DavidHasHisBootsOn pic.twitter.com/8FQPOENyak
— CarrElite (@carrelite) April 7, 2017
Ian lives in Bakersfield and is one of the thousands of Kern Co. kids we care for each year. Thank you to your family for joining us today! pic.twitter.com/1v8SG7MWGj
— Valley Children's (@CareForKids) April 7, 2017
@DCarr8 and I were so honored to have been a part of today's groundbreaking ceremony for Valley… https://t.co/zTFfr68woj
— Melody Carr (@Melody_Carr) April 7, 2017
Breaking ground with @DCarr8 @Melody_Carr at the new site in Bakersfield, Eagle Oaks Specialty Care Center @CareForKids pic.twitter.com/8AX7ZnLKp9
— Todd Suntrapak (@ToddSuntrapak) April 7, 2017
"Today marks an exciting day for #Bakersfield, Kern County and our Valley Children's family. Thank you!" –President & CEO @ToddSuntrapak pic.twitter.com/dZojul5UwH
— Valley Children's (@CareForKids) April 7, 2017
Richard Chapman, CEO of @KernEDC discussing the economic impact of the new Eagles Oaks Specialty Care Center @CareForKids #KernCounty pic.twitter.com/MDNC5PPrtL
— Todd Suntrapak (@ToddSuntrapak) April 7, 2017
Bakersfield Mayor @karenkgoh at the groundbreaking of Eagle Oaks Specialty Ceremony @CareForKids discussing the investment for our children pic.twitter.com/HZr4SkvT48
— Todd Suntrapak (@ToddSuntrapak) April 7, 2017
Looking forward to this morning's Eagle Oaks Specialty Care Center groundbreaking in Bakersfield @CareForKids @NicholasOrtiz @DCarr8 pic.twitter.com/lWM9u9aRIb
— Todd Suntrapak (@ToddSuntrapak) April 7, 2017
Bakersfield, get excited. https://t.co/qTwuapN9XS
— David Carr (@DCarr8) April 7, 2017
