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About $10 million will be used to renovate existinb ward space into private roomse suitable for polytrauma patients who suffered severe injuries serving in Iraqand Afghanistan, said a release from Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Tampa. Haleyt is the busiest of the nation’s four polytraumw hospitals, and private rooms are the standard in medical therelease said. Haley also is slatee to receiveabout $8.4 million to renovate and expand the Sterile Processing and Distribution which will make the Tampa hospital more efficient, the releasre said. Another $3 million in new fundinbg is planned to acquiree land for anew 500-space parkin g lot and to design and build it, the releaswe said.
“These initiatives will improve the quality of life for veteranws and their families atour nation’s busiest polytrauma hospital,” Castor said in the “At the same we are putting people to constructing parking lots and renovating buildings.” Castor also announced $384,0000 for planning and design work for a new missionm support facility at in Tampa, and $7 million for a new child development center at MacDill. The funding is include d in the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act for fiscal 2010 and was approve d by the House of Representativeson Friday.