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ECDS PRESS RELEASES - 2006
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JOHNSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL TO SIGNIFICANTLY EXPAND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
(Stafford Springs, CT; August 10, 2006) – In 2004, the JMH emergency department treated 19,000 patients in the same facility that had accommodated 5,500 patients in 1984. In two decades, the emergency department use increased by approximately 245%. It is predicted that by the year 2010, the ED will treat 23,500 patients. By 2015, it is expected that 28,500 individuals will utilize JMH’s ED services.
The hospital began construction in the spring of 2006 with completion scheduled for the summer of 2007. The expansion of the emergency department will result in a facility of 17,481, square feet (which represents a 157% increase in emergency department space), featuring 14 Exam Rooms, 6 Observation Rooms, 6 E.D. Express Rooms, 3 Trauma Rooms and 5 Behavioral Health Rooms.
Medical personnel will have a larger, better planned space to take care of patients. Separate treatment areas will provide for critically injured patients and those with non-life-threatening complaints (ED Express). Special treatment rooms will accommodate women, children, stroke and heart attack victims, psychiatric patients and sexual assault victims. Patients, physicians and staff will finally experience an environment where decisions and treatment can occur in a setting far more conducive to healing.
“The JMH Emergency Department has increased its service and efficiency, expanded its outreach, and substantially increased the volume of use,” says Dr. Charles Bizilj, Emergency Department Medical Director. “Patients have come to trust the physicians and staff here and the word is out – JMH offers outstanding emergency services. The unfortunate result is that we have outgrown our space.”
ABOUT JMH
Johnson Memorial Hospital is a private, not-for-profit, acute care facility which, in conjunction with its network of healthcare affiliates, is committed to providing for the preventive, educational and rehabilitative health needs of the community. |
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