Hospital to unveil new maternity wing, cath lab

Tue, 08/22/2006 - 4:53pm
By: John Munford

Piedmont Fayette Hospital is ready to show off its newly expanded medical campus.

A free community open house Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. will show off the new maternity center as well as the new cardiac catheterization lab and dining room. Visitors will also get a peek at the ongoing expansion of the hospital’s emergency department.

Scheduled tours are available but must be reserved by calling 1-866-900-4321. The tours will begin at the hospital’s new west entrance.

Fayette County Safe Kids Coalition will also be on hand to share information on car seat and helmet safety. Free popcorn, cotton candy and ice cream will be provided in the hospital’s new dining room, located on the basement level.

The expansion is part of the main hospital building, helping create additional room needed for expansion of the the emergency department and the radiology imaging services area, officials said.

The maternity unit — the first ever in Fayette — is slated to open in September, with three private birthing suites and two surgical rooms for cesarean sections and seven private rooms for postpartum care. Each birthing suite is designed so mothers can labor, deliver and recover in the same room, officials said.

The expansion includes a new cardiology area featuring a new cath lab with state-of-the-art equipment, new diagnostic cardiology services and a new waiting area.

“After years of planning and much patience on the community’s part, we are thrilled to finally be able to show residents how the hospital is expanding its facilities to serve our growing community,” said Darrell Cutts, the hospital’s chief executive officer.

For more information, visit www.fayettehospital.org.

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Submitted by IMNSHO on Wed, 08/23/2006 - 12:24am.

Finally Fayette women can have their babies in Fayette County. I'm looking forward to seeing the new facility. My biggest regret is that it isn't bigger.

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