DeKalb Memorial Hospital in Alabama, US, is planning to add a new emergency department, imaging and laboratory department and a critical care unit to its facility through an $8.7m investment.
The project will involve the development of 13 all-private exam and treatment rooms, a dedicated orthopaedics room, a trauma room, a pelvic exam room, a dedicated ENT room, two dedicated cardiac care rooms and three urgent care or "fast track" rooms for minor illness and injury.
The new imaging and laboratory departments will house two X-ray rooms, new nuclear medicine and lab facilities, and equipment including a new CT scanner and MRI.
The critical care department is designed with larger rooms to accommodate family members and efficient staff workflow.
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Weigand Construction has been selected as the general contractor for the project, the hospital reported.
All the facilities are expected to be operational by the end of 2011.
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