El Camino Hospital’s outpatient dialysis services recently began operations in the hospital’s new Oak Pavilion, located at the corner of South and Hospital drives.

The center, which came in on budget, opened just 18 months after the hospital board approved the project.

“This is our first major milestone in the transformation of our medical campus,” said interim CEO Marla Gularte. “The building is right next to a 100-year-old oak tree. I think the tree is a fitting symbol of the long history and deep roots El Camino Hospital has in this community.”

The dialysis center has 25 stations in an open area with natural light and a decor in earth tones.

Each station has a personal flat-screen television that receives its signal through fiber optics.

The 29,000-square-foot building, which opened in March, also houses administrative and finance offices and patient accounts. The building cost $10.25 million to construct.

El Camino Hospital has provided dialysis services since 1960 and has gained international attention for its pioneering work in daily in-center and home hemodialysis services.

Clinical management teams of physicians, medical directors, registered nurses, social workers, dietitians, nephrology technologists, patient-care technologists and administrators oversee the care.

El Camino Hospital also operates the Rose Garden Dialysis Center and the Evergreen Dialysis Center, both located off campus in San Jose.