The Penticton Regional Hospital91裸聊视频檚 new David E. Kampe Tower officially opened its doors on Monday.
91裸聊视频淚t feels lived in on day one,91裸聊视频� said Carl Meadows, Acute Health Service administrator with the hospital on Monday afternoon.
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91裸聊视频淚 was expecting a little more chaos so I think it is absolutely fantastic. It91裸聊视频檚 just great to see everyone so happy at such a great venue.91裸聊视频�
On Sunday, staff and volunteers all helped more than 70 patients move into the new location, he said, and everything ran smoothly.
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91裸聊视频淭his has been a 10-year-in-the-making project so everybody knew what to do, and our volunteers are helping people with way-finding, so it really has gone miraculously well,91裸聊视频� he said.
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The six-storey tower has 84 single-patient rooms, five new surgical rooms, satellite medial imaging, a rooftop helipad and 480 parking stalls, all of which are ready to take patients.
Meadows said, so far, the doctors, nurses and patients seem happy with the new hospital.
91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 first-class, right? It91裸聊视频檚 only single-patient rooms, which is better for infection control and privacy. It91裸聊视频檚 a win-win all around. They91裸聊视频檙e just thrilled.91裸聊视频�
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Pati Hill, a former PRH patient who is now a volunteer with the Patient Voices Network, called the David E. Kampe Tower a 91裸聊视频榯owering achievement.91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淓veryone who has participated in bringing this project through to today deserves a pat on the head,91裸聊视频� she said.
91裸聊视频淚t allows the staff more room and more technology to make enhancements to patient care. The single-occupancy rooms give patients privacy to heal and to receive the support from their families and friends.91裸聊视频�
For phase two of the new tower, renovations to the emergency department will begin in May or June, said Meadows.
91裸聊视频淲hen you walk into that emergency entrance that whole area is going to be patient care areas for waiting, more comforts where there is more breathing room, more confidentiality, and better streaming to make sure the right patients get to the right service,91裸聊视频� he said.
