Baptist Golden Triangle Approved for Larger Operating Rooms, Pharmacy Location

COLUMBUS, Miss. (Press Release) — Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle has received approval from the State Department of Health for an $8.9 million construction/renovation project that includes enlarging one operating room and replacing two small existing rooms with larger ones.

The three larger operating rooms are needed to accommodate equipment such as the da Vinci SI Robot now being used by more staff physicians and the special table used for spine surgery, said Assistant Administrator Bill Lancaster.

The project will not change the total number of operating rooms from the current 10, Lancaster explained.

The project also includes relocating the existing inpatient pharmacy, now adjacent to the surgery suites on the second floor to make way for the two replacement operating rooms and the enlarged room. The pharmacy will be moved to existing shell space on the first floor of the Patient Tower.

The project will be done in phases, beginning with moving the existing pharmacy in early 2015 and will take 18 to 24 months to complete, Lancaster said.

“We are grateful to the State for allowing this project to proceed,” said Baptist Golden Triangle Administrator Paul Cade. “The larger operating rooms will help us better accommodate the equipment and personnel used to perform advanced surgical procedures such as spinal surgery and surgery done with the da Vinci SI Robot.”

With 315 beds and more than 1,000 employees, Baptist Golden Triangle is the largest regional hospital affiliated with the Memphis, Tenn.-based Baptist Memorial Health Care system. More than 100 physicians and surgeons, who represent almost every medical specialty, practice at the hospital, which offers a full range of comprehensive medical care to patients of all ages.

The hospital offers a variety of services to the community, including the Baptist Cancer Center-Golden Triangle, Baptist Behavioral Health Care-Golden Triangle for those with behavioral and mental health problems, an emergency room with 24-hour ambulance service, an extensive rehabilitation department, and educational programs.

For more information, please call 662-244-1000 or visit http://goldentriangle.baptistonline.org or follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Baptistgoldentriangle.

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