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Texoma HealthCare System is pleased to announce that the ground breaking ceremonies for the new Peggy Munson Wilcox Emergency Department are scheduled for Tuesday, August 5th at 9:00am on the south lawn of the
hospital.
Completion of the nearly 15,000 square foot facility is anticipated for Summer 2004 and will almost triple the size of the current Emergency Department. The cost for the project is budgeted at $4,500,000.
"The expansion of the Emergency Department is badly needed," explains THCS President/CEO, Mackey Watkins, M.D. "The number of ER visits continues to increase as a result in the increasing number of uninsured patients and the increase of patients who utilize the ER for primary care." The current Emergency Department is expected to treat over 25,000 this year.
Just a few of the amenities this facility will include are 22 treatment rooms, 2 dedicated trauma rooms, a dedicated trauma entrance, a dedicated ambulatory entrance, a SANE treatment room (for victims of sexual assault), an isolation room, two psychiatric treatment rooms and a grieving room. The new department will sit on the current southeast parking lot of TMC; continuing its designtion as a Level III Trauma Center.
"Because our present location is so small and busy, I get many letters from patients regarding long waiting times and lack of privacy. Fortunately, we have talented ER doctors and great ER nurses and staff who have still managed to give outstanding care to these patients," says Watkins. "I'm very proud that THCS can finally provide our patients with a facilty that better meets their needs and provide our staff with a facility that better equals their talents."
TMC is a private, nonprofit affiliate of Texoma HealthCare System. TMC voluntarily maintains accreditation by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and is licensed by the Texas Department of Health. For more information on Texoma HealthCare System and Texoma Medical
Center, visit the THCS website at www.thcs.org