New 24/7 IN
OPENS AT UH TWINSBURG HEALTH CENTER
J UNE , UNIVE RS I T Y HOSPITALS Twinsburg Health Center located at 8819 Commons Blvd.
opened a state-of-the-art Emergency Department (ED). The new $2.4 million ED is operational 24 hours per day, 365 days per year and promises a 30-minute or less wait-time. It is fully integrated medically and operationally with the new UH Ahuja Medical Center located at I-271 and Harvard Road in Beachwood. “We will be able to
Emergency Department
respond to all medical emergencies including strokes and heart attacks,” says James J. Benedict, Jr., President of UH Ahuja Medical Center. “In addition, we can provide critical care transport for patients needing a higher level of care, such as interventional catheterization and hospitalization if necessary at UH Ahuja Medical Center or UH Case Medical Center.” The 3,400-square-foot Twinsburg
ED will house a full complement of radiology and laboratory services, such as digital radiography, CT and ultra- sound imaging. It will complement the existing Urgent Care Center in the UH Twinsburg Health Center. Together, they will have the capacity to care for approximately 20,000 people annually. The UH Twinsburg Health Center
is a significant project in UH’s $1.2 billion Vision 2010 strategic plan. Other building projects include the new Seidman Cancer Center and Center for Emergency Medicine open- ing later this year at UH Case Medical Center, a new Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital and the UH Ahuja Medical Center, which opened in March, in Beachwood. n
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