Fast and Furious

We are officially less than two years away from the opening of the WellStar Paulding Hospital Replacement Facility, and progress on the site is fast and furious!  The new entrance from Highway 278 is almost complete, concrete is being poured and walls are being erected.  Everyone at the hospital and in the community is excited to finally see the new hospital being built.  But what will actually be on the site?

Glad you asked!  For starters, there is currently a four-story medical office building (the MOB) that holds many physician’s offices, a full service imaging center, outpatient lab, outpatient infusion and sleep lab.  This building will be cloned on the site, and the second medical office building will hold additional medical office spaces and other outpatient functions for the community.

These two buildings will be joined to the future new hospital by a seven-story glass atrium—quite a beautiful site to see!  The atrium will lead into the new hospital—the main focus of the new construction.

The new hospital will be seven-stories tall with the future capability to go two floors higher!  The emergency room will have 40 rooms—10 pediatric and 30 adult—with the goal of treating patients quickly and getting them back home to their loved ones.  The surgery department will open with four operating rooms and one procedure room. The hospital will offer a wide variety of surgical care—ear, nose, throat, hands, feet, and everything in between!  The hospital will open with 56 inpatient rooms (compared to 30 in the current hospital), and the rooms are spacious, welcoming and beautifully decorated.  Each room has a gorgeous view, room for family to visit and stay the night and space to interact with the physician.

Much more to come on the details about the new hospital—this is only the beginning!  In the mean time, we encourage you to comment on this blog with any questions you have or topics you would like to read about.   We are all just as excited as you to watch this building come to life!