This past Monday, our new Emergency Department (ED) building (iTrack) successfully opened. Thank you to everyone who made the opening a success.
In order to improve the safety and experience for our patients and employees, we are preparing for a number of other renovations in the hospital. We have worked with senior management, physician leaders, and clinical operations directors to develop the below schedule of renovations. We will monitor the progress of each phase as well as changes in patient volume and adjust the below schedule, if necessary.
List of Projects and Tentative Dates:
- Monday, July 16, 2018: Clinical Decision Unit moved to Mickle area, formerly used by the ED, on Kelemen first floor.
- Monday, August 20, 2018: Kelemen 10 South 34-bed unit, including 12 beds from the Intensive Nursing Care Unit (INCU), will be temporarily moved to Kelemen 9 North. All medical gases and power will be updated to accommodate these patients.
- Monday, August 20 through Friday, August 31, 2018: Kelemen 10 South (entire floor) will be closed for ductwork cleaning, significant upgrades to patient rooms, and other renovations.
- Monday, September 3 through Friday, October 26, 2018: Kelemen 10 South West (16 beds) will remain closed for eight weeks to complete renovations and Kelemen 10 South East will open for Medical-Surgical (Med-Surg) patients (17 beds).
- Monday, October 29 through Friday, December 21, 2018: Kelemen 10 South East will be closed (18 beds) for eight weeks to complete renovations and Kelemen South West will open for Med-Surg patients (15 beds).
- Late December 2018: Kelemen 9 North INCU will relocate back to Kelemen 10 South.
Should you have any questions about the above work or schedule, please speak with your manager or contact Jennifer O’Shea, Director of Facilities, who will be managing these projects.
Thank you for your cooperation as we improve the Cooper experience for our patients and employees and continue to strive to make Cooper the best place to be a patient, the best place to be an employee, and the best place to practice medicine.