Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in St. James has added a new 40-bed ward for female medical patients.
Space for the new ward came with the relocation of the Renal Dialysis Unit from the west wing of the seventh floor which has been renovated and equipped at a cost of over $20 million.
A number of patients who previously occupied the sixth floor have been relocated to the newly-renovated ward.
Denise Forsythe, acting Chief Executive Officer at CRH, Observing the relocation, said up to Monday, 30 of the beds would be occupied with others to be in service within a matter of days.
She said this development will relieve longstanding pressure on the Accident & Emergency section of the hospital where these patients were being kept in less than ideal conditions.
“A&E has been seeing ongoing problems with overcrowding and this will assist greatly in alleviating that problem,” says Mrs. Forsythe.
She added that, along with strategies being implemented to reduce patient waiting time in A&E, “this move is a major step in our relentless effort to further improve the quality of healthcare offered at Cornwall Regional.”
The opening of the new ward has also been welcomed by Matron Gillian Legister, CRH's Director of Nursing Services. The opening of the new ward was quite timely, she said, noting that the hospital was seeing many medical patients at this time. “I am sure it will be of significant benefit to our patients and we want to ensure that we have a very good environment for them,” she added.
The National Health Fund (NHF) made significant contributions to financing the restoration and equipping the new female ward with beds, trolleys, examination couch, cardiac monitors and other vital equipment.
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