Summa Barberton Hospital New Emergency Department
board of directors to build a new emergency depar tment. Pending city approval, the hospital will break ground in late summer. Summa Barberton Hospital's emer-
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gency department volume has grown an average of 7.6% in each of the last 5 years, culminating in 2010 with 44,000 patients being treated in an ED that was designed to treat 27,000 patients per year. Consequently, as a part of an overall system initiative to grow emergency services throughout the region, the construction of a new, larger emergency department on the Summa Barberton Hospital campus was approved. The project cost is estimated at $17.3 million. The new ED will increase the num-
ber of beds from 18 to 32, provide an additional 10-bed "fast track" treatment area and will triple the square footage of the existing facility. The new ED will have private rooms, a larger waiting area for families, adequate parking, a dedicated general radiology unit, dedicated triage space, and a separate entrance for EMS and police. The project also includes a new cafeteria, dining area and conference center, existing areas which must be relocated due to the ED expansion. n
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UMMA BARBERTON HOSPITAL received approval in June from its board of directors and the Summa Health System
