Winter - Augusta Health
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Getting ready to serve you<br />
The Heart and Vascular Center prepares for March 2013 opening<br />
the future of heArt cAre in our AreA is fAst tAking shApe.<br />
Set to open its doors in March 2013, the new, four-story<br />
<strong>Augusta</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Heart and Vascular Center, which broke<br />
ground on Oct. 1, 2011, is now a fully enclosed structure<br />
connecting to the existing hospital. “The concrete is poured,<br />
walls are going up and the electrical and plumbing systems<br />
are being installed,” says Kathleen Heatwole, <strong>Augusta</strong> <strong>Health</strong>’s<br />
vice president for planning and development.<br />
Brick by brick, pipe by pipe, glass window by glass<br />
window, the community has watched the building rise,<br />
and to the casual observer, it may look—at least from the<br />
outside—as if the hospital is ready to start seeing patients.<br />
But according to Heatwole, this current phase of the project<br />
and all the small details are very time-consuming work. “it<br />
takes so long to do an interior,” she says.<br />
The next phase will involve moving major medical<br />
equipment into new space; that’s expected to take place<br />
through January and February, Heatwole says. The hospital<br />
will then have to meet strict building codes and be awarded a<br />
certificate of occupancy by an inspector before it can open.<br />
4 <strong>Health</strong>Matters Fall 2012<br />
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CONStRuCtION OF tHE HEARt AND vASCuLAR<br />
CENtER CONtINuES AS tHE CENtER PREPARES<br />
FOR ItS GRAND OPENING.<br />
A big impact<br />
Of the 90,000 square feet being dedicated to the project,<br />
70,000 is new space and 20,000 renovates existing hospital<br />
space.<br />
in addition to five top-notch cardiologists who have been<br />
brought on board by <strong>Augusta</strong> <strong>Health</strong>, patients can expect<br />
two new cardiac catheterization labs featuring the latest in<br />
technology. <strong>Augusta</strong>’s much-praised cardiac rehabilitation<br />
open ‘house’<br />
curious to learn more about all of the stages<br />
of the heart and vascular center’s progress?<br />
you can view photos, read updates and stay<br />
tuned for news about community events and<br />
tours of the new facility before its official<br />
opening—it’s all online at www.augustahealth.<br />
com/construction.
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