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THE NEWSROOM, SHANNON HALLIGAN
22NEWS.
A NEW, STATE-OF-THE-ART
EMERGENCY AND TRAUMA CENTER WILL
OPEN AT BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER
IN SPRINGFIELD MONDAY. AND
22NEWS REPORTER NICOLE NALEPA
TAKES US INSIDE THE BRAND NEW,
STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITY.
. A NEW $45-MILLION-DOLLAR
EMERGENCY AND TRAUMA CENTER HAS
JUST BEEN COMPLETED AT BAYSTATE
MEDICAL CENTER. THIS IS A
CHANGE THAT HAS BEEN NEEDED FOR
QUITE SOME TIME, SINCE DOCTORS
AND PATIENTS HAVE BEEN DEALING
WITH OVERCROWDING PROBLEMS FOR
YEARS.
WE WERE SUPPOSED TO DO THIS AS
PART OF A LATER PHASE IN OUR
OVERALL BIG PROJECT, BUT OUR
COMMUNITY SPOKE TO US AND SAID,
'WE NEED A NEW EMERGENCY DEPT.
AND TRAUMA CENTER NOW'; AND WE
STEPPED-UP TO THAT PLATE AND
MADE THE DECISION ABOUT 18
MONTHS AGO.
THE NEW FACILITY MEASURES IN AT
73,000 SQUARE-FEET; AND IS MORE
THAN THREE TIMES THE SIZE OF THE
HOSPITAL'S CURRENT EMERGENCY
DEPARTMENT.
94 ROOMS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS
UPGRADE...COMPARED TO THE OLD
DEPARTMENT WHICH ONLY HAD 48.