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Advanced Breast Care in Your Backyard 4 w For more information about breast services at Texas Health hospitals, visit TexasHealth.org/Breast. t exas Health Fort Worth serves the residents of 23 counties. To accommodate heavy patient volumes that will continue to grow, Texas Health Fort Worth needed a larger ED. "The new, 75,000-square-foot ED will be located directly across the street from the current department, and it will be connected to the main hospital building by a sky bridge," says Lillie Biggins, R.N., F.A.C.H.E., senior vice president of Hospital Operations at Texas Health Fort Worth. "The three-story facility will give patients and their families the privacy they deserve and eliminate congestion in treatment areas." When the $57.7 million project is completed in the fall of 2013, it will feature: • an adjacent helipad • a geriatric treatment clinic • a new Sterile Processing Department for cleaning surgical instruments texas health harris Methodist hospital southwest Fort Worth is providing more breast care services through the expansion of the virginia clay Dorman Breast care center. hile remaining at its location on the hospital campus' north side, the Virginia Clay Dorman Breast Care Center has doubled in size to better meet the needs of the community. Along with the addition of space, Texas Health Southwest has also introduced more advanced technology. The new facility offers stereotactic biopsies, breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasound-guided breast biopsies. a LiFEsaving scrEEning The National Cancer Institute recommends women receive mammograms every one to two years beginning at age 40. The staff at Texas Health Southwest understands Breaking Ground on the Future of Emergency care Groundbreaking for the new ED follows the recent completion of another major project at Texas Health Fort Worth: the renovation of the third floor of the Sid Richardson Pavilion, where a 25-bed unit is home to patients recovering from joint replacement and other orthopedic surgeries. "This is an exciting time at Texas Health Fort Worth," Biggins says. "The community has always supported this hospital and trusted us to deliver quality care. We're pleased to offer these projects as solutions to our patients' needs." To keep up with the latest news from Texas Health Fort Worth, visit TexasHealth.org/FortWorth. the importance of receiving your breast exam from a caring and professional staff. "Our staff is very friendly and has a very high patient satisfaction rate," says Harpreet Talwar, M.D., breast radiologist on the medical staff at Texas Health Southwest. "Everybody is very involved in providing the best care to each patient." Dr. Talwar joined the medical staff at Texas Health Southwest last year and chose breast radiology because she is dedicated to improving health care for women. "Practicing radiology is a way I can give back to women's health," says Dr. Talwar. "It inspires me. I want to give women the best care possible." this spring, texas health harris Methodist hospital Fort Worth will break ground on a project that will transform emergency care in the region: an advanced, freestanding Emergency Department (ED). TexasHealth.org

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