FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Rebecca MacGregor,413-534-2532
HOLYOKE MEDICAL CENTER OPENS NEW EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
HOLYOKE, MA - July 6, 2017 - Holyoke Medical Center began providing care in the new Emergency Department today, July 6, 2017, at7 a.m.
The new facility is located next to the main entrance of the hospital at 575 Beech Street. The Emergency Department will be accessible via Hospital Drive or Corser Street in Holyoke. Community members driving for emergency care are asked to please follow the signs to the new location. As always, if there is a true emergency, please call 911 for assistance.
"We would like to extend our appreciation to everyone who has assisted Holyoke Medical Center in creating the emergency department our community deserves. We have received overwhelming support from federal, state and local officials, in addition to the tireless efforts of our staff," said Spiros Hatiras, President and CEO of Holyoke Medical Center and Valley Health Systems.
The new emergency department is a 21,460 square foot facility featuring a new Crisis Center for Behavioral Health Services, 40 treatment areas, multi-patient trauma rooms, advance lifesaving equipment and a patient navigation service. HMC will now be able to treat patients in a more efficient and private way.
Beginning in August, the second floor of the building will be the new offices of gastroenterology, general surgery, and the weight management program. The second floor is 16,295 square feet.
In support of the emergency department our community deserves, the Holyoke Medical Center capital campaign has reached $2.1 million, of the $3 million goal. Anyone interested in helping with theCare. Community. Commitment.campaign is invited to call the hospital's Development Department at413-534-2579.
About Holyoke Medical Center:
Holyoke Medical Center (HMC) is a 198-bed independent community hospital with over 1,300 employees serving individuals and families throughout the cities and towns of the Pioneer Valley. The medical staff includes more than 300 physicians and consulting staff.Holyoke Medical Center is a nationally-accredited hospital and received a 2016 Top Hospital Award from the Leapfrog Group for excellence in quality of care and patient safety. This full-service hospital provides a complete line of inpatient and outpatient medical and surgical services, including an award-winning birthing center with the only Baby Friendly designation status in the region. Holyoke Medical Center's award-winning Stroke Service has been consistently recognized as one of the best in the state for the past eight years and has received the 2017 Get With The Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus Achievement Honor Roll Elite Plus Award from the American Stroke Association. Holyoke Medical Center is a member of Valley Health Systems in Holyoke which also includes the affiliates Holyoke Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice Life Care, Western Mass Physician Associates and River Valley Counseling Center.
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Rebecca MacGregor
Director of Marketing
Holyoke Medical Center
a member of Valley Health Systems
575 Beech Street
Holyoke, MA 01040
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