The Penticton Regional Hospitalsa国际传媒檚 new David E. Kampe Tower officially opened its doors on Monday.
sa国际传媒淚t feels lived in on day one,sa国际传媒� said Carl Meadows, Acute Health Service administrator with the hospital on Monday afternoon.
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sa国际传媒淚 was expecting a little more chaos so I think it is absolutely fantastic. Itsa国际传媒檚 just great to see everyone so happy at such a great venue.sa国际传媒�
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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sa国际传媒淭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,sa国际传媒� 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.
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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 sa国际传媒榯owering achievement.sa国际传媒�
sa国际传媒淓veryone who has participated in bringing this project through to today deserves a pat on the head,sa国际传媒� she said.
sa国际传媒淚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.sa国际传媒�
For phase two of the new tower, renovations to the emergency department will begin in May or June, said Meadows.
sa国际传媒淲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,sa国际传媒� he said.
