Morris Hospital Completes Next Phase in Main Campus Modernization
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ebruary 2, 2021, MORRIS, IL – Last March, Morris Hospital opened its new Emergency Department in renovated space on the hospital’s first floor, dramatically changing the experience for emergency patients. Since then, the former Emergency Department has been transformed into a new Cardio Diagnostics department and Interventional Prep/Recovery area as part of the next phase in Morris Hospital’s main campus modernization project.
The new Cardio Diagnostics department provides enhanced facilities for patients undergoing EKGs, echocardiograms, stress tests, cardioversions, and other cardiac diagnostic services, as well as EEG (electroencephalogram) and EMG (electromyography) neurology studies. All of the testing rooms are bigger and more functional, resulting in enhanced privacy and patient care.
Along with the newly renovated space, Morris Hospital has added new stress testing and EMG equipment, and a new tilt table that is used to assist with specialized diagnostic studies.
Located adjacent to the Cardio Diagnostics department, the new Interventional Prep/Recovery features 5 private bays for patients preparing for and recovering from an interventional radiology or cath lab procedure, such as angioplasty, pacemaker or defibrillator insertion, or PICC line insertion.
The Phase 2 renovations also included upgrades to the X-Ray rooms at the hospital, bringing upgrades to the entire Imaging Services department to near completion. Renovations completed last year resulted in a new Women’s Imaging Center with a separate sub-waiting area for women having a mammogram, bone density test, stereotactic breast biopsy, or ultrasound. Along with the Women’s Imaging Center and X-Ray rooms, the newly renovated Imaging Services department features ultrasound and CT. The nuclear medicine testing area of the Imaging Services department is slated for renovations in 2021.
The main campus modernization project has also resulted in a new Infusion Therapy Center and Outpatient Laboratory, along with renovations to the main lobby.
Next, Morris Hospital is making plans for renovations that will modernize the hospital’s peri-operative services facilities, including the operating rooms, post anesthesia recovery unit, sterile processing, and ambulatory surgery unit. These renovations are expected to begin in summer 2021.
Serving patients at 25 locations, Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers includes the 89-bed Morris Hospital, as well as physician offices in Braidwood, Channahon, Coal City, Dwight, Gardner, Marseilles, Mazon, Minooka, Morris, Newark, Ottawa, Seneca, and Yorkville. Through the services of over 1,700 healthcare professionals, physicians and volunteers, Morris Hospital provides lifesaving cardiac intervention with angioplasty and stents, a radiation therapy center for cancer patients, state-of-the-art intensive care unit, sleep center, and walk-in urgent care at four locations. Morris Hospital is a Level II trauma center, Level II perinatal care provider, and primary stroke center. The hospital is known for its compassionate and personalized approach to healthcare.
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