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Bryan, Texas - Friday May 9 - Tony Pfitzer, FACHE, St. Joseph Regional Health Center CEO announced something very special for Mother's Day.....a new facility for Mothers.
"The physicians and staff spent a tremendous amount of time working on the design of this unit and deserve a great deal of the credit," said Tony Pfitzer, CEO of SJHC. "The look and feel of the entire unit will be completely transformed during the renovation. The new center is designed to help new families have the best birthing experience possible. This is a much anticipated project that we're eager to have underway he said," explaining that in order to expand women's services the hospital had to wait until its surgical unit moved over to the new space in the tower. That move occurred last month, freeing up space for the Women's Center project to begin.
Monday, May 12, marks the beginning of a $12 million transformation and renovation of the Woman's Center at St. Joseph Regional Health Center.
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| Tony Pfitzer, CEO, St. Joseph Regional Health Center, Bryan Texas |
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| The new Women's Center will house all maternity-related services, a well-baby nursery, an expanded Intensive Care area for newborns, and support areas. To the right is the lobby of the new center. Architecturally interesting with graceful flowing curves and soft neutral colors, the warmth and comfort of the area are welcoming. |
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The concept for the new rooms is pictured to the right.
When complete, the new Women's Center will feature:
- 11 new Labor / Delivery Rooms, nearly doubling the current capacity, allowing maternity services to schedule more procedures on a more timely basis and handle more births each day with less movement of patients from room to room
- 34 post-partum rooms - up from the current 17 post-partum rooms. All of these rooms are larger than the current rooms
- Two expanded C-section suites.
- New to the unit will be 3 dedicated ante-partum rooms for the care of women with pre-term labor.
- 29 well baby bassinets in the Level 1 nursery.
- 9 bassinets in the Intensive Care area for newborns and special needs. The new area will be a separate nursery space with more room to allow parents to spend much more time with their babies while in Intensive Care.
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Speakers in addition to Tony Pfitzer were:
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| Dr. Cynthia Jansky, OB/GYN, Chair, OB/GYN Services, St. Joseph Regional Health Center |
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| Dr Dan Ransom, Pediatrics, Scott & White |
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| Dr. Nakata Venkata Raju, Neonatology, St. Joseph Regional Health Center |
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| In 2007, there were 2,340 births at St. Joseph Regional Health Center, up almost 6 percent from 2006. |
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| SJRHC expects the growth in birthing to continue as more people move into the Brazos Valley. |
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| The project will encompass more than 39,000 square feet of space when complete, almost doubling its current size and making it the largest Women's Health Unit in the area. |
| View toward the main entrance of St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan, Texas |
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| St. Joseph Regional Health Center is the anchor facility for St. Joseph Health System, a health ministry of the Sisters of St. Francis, Ohio. Established in 1936, SJRHC is a 214-bed health center offering the communities Lead Level III Trauma Center, an extensive inpatient surgery program, and is known throughout the region for its cardiac, cancer and rehabilitation programs. SJRHC includes St. Joseph Regional Rehabilitation Center; a freestanding facility which includes a 31-bed rehabilitation unit; and Grimes St. Joseph Health Center, a 25-bed Critical Access Hospital in Navasota. |
| Professional Building at St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan, Texas |
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