Part of a wider modernisation program begun in 2004, this project was part of the upgrade of La Timone Hospital in Marseilles. The project included 49 operating rooms, emergency first aid, 338 beds, an intensive care unit, a centre for medical research and teaching, a new medical technology centre, underground parking for 330 cars, the extension of a power plant (high voltage generator), security centre and heliport. In particular, the technology centre allowed the accident and emergency department and the services connected with it to be collocated.