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some of the benefits of Fauquier Hospital’s construction and renovation project. A new Emergency Department opened last March in 6,000 square feet of new space added to the hospital. The new facility sees more than 16,000 patients a year and has six private exam rooms, two trauma rooms and a separate area dedicated for casting broken bones. The Airlie Pavilion for Emergency Medicine, named in honor of Dr. Murdock Head of Airlie, was one of the earliest stages of the construction project to be completed.
“The Emergency Department is where the most critically injured or ill people come for help,” said Baker. “We wanted the best. “I feel we have one of the most up-to-date facilities around.”
Though not typically seen by members of the public, the hospital’s laboratory also underwent a major improvement. It’s newly constructed space at the west end of the hospital features an impressive assortment of medical testing devices, a reference room for the technologists, and a new blood bank.
Other areas in the hospital which are due for completion in the future include the outpatient admitting area, the surgical suites and the central supply facilities in the hospital’s basement. When it is all completed next year, Fauquer Hospital believes its patients will notice and appreciate the changes.
“We may not be able to affect the national trends, but we can do our best to change to better meet the needs of the community,” he said. “We needed to adapt to the new ways medical care is being dispensed. I believe we are meeting the challenge.”
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