(Patients) can come to this building, go see their physician for an appointment, (get an) outpatient test or procedure in the (rehabilitation) department. It helps them become a little more efficient in regard to one-stop shopping. |
(The building space) is currently inadequate just due to the fact that we are on average hitting about 80 to 85 percent occupancy. |
Often times, we have to hold patients in our ED that are waiting for a bed on the inpatient side. That's a challenge, since our Emergency Department is one of the busiest in the state. |