HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The local hospital plans to showcase its $6.2 million expansion and renovation of the Emergency Department with a public open house this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
More than 25,000 patients seek emergent care at the emergency room at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center each year, which they say is equal to the combined populations of Great Bend, Pratt and Inman.
The expansion more than doubles the size of the emergency department from 6,000 square feet to 16,000, providing sufficient space to increase the ten-bed facility to 19.
Included in the renovation is an expansion of the lobby area as well as new space for emergency department personnel and a new entrance for the ambulances garage which houses Emergency Medical Services (EMS) vehicles.
The expansion also includes two major trauma rooms, a four-patient “fast track” unit, an updated diagnostic imaging suite, two private patient triage rooms, expanded visitor and guest lounge and 14 private treatment rooms.
Kevin Miller, President and CEO of the hospital, says in a news release that the expansion is the most extensive update to the emergency department since the hospital opened on the east side of Hutchinson in 1975.
Those wanting to attend the open house should enter from Waldron and follow the open house signs. No reservations are required.