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MORRISTOWN ? Morristown Medical Center on Tuesday officially opened the Luciano Family Trauma and Acute Care Center, which is part of a five-phase expansion and renovation project to nearly double the size of its Emergency Department.

The new 13,000-square-foot unit includes 15 private rooms, three connected trauma rooms, and a new computed tomography machine that depicts the sharpest images for diagnosis, according to a news release from Atlantic Health, which said that the addition will allow reconstruction of Morristown Medical?s existing adult Emergency Department during the next two years.

More than 20,000 children each year visit Morristown Medical?s Gagnon Children?s Emergency Department for treatment of illnesses and injuries. The Gagnon Children?s Emergency Department has more than 100 pediatric specialists, including three pediatric surgeons specially trained in caring for infant, child, and adolescent emergencies, the statement said.

Among those at a ceremony Tuesday to show off the expansion was 3-year-old Jack Gummersell of Long Valley. Jack?s mother, Adrienne, talked about the great medical care Jack got after he was injured in a fall and then Jack spoke his own piece.

?Thank you doctors,?? he said.

The department was last renovated in 1993 to serve 50,000 patients each year. The hospital?s emergency physicians now see more than 80,000 patients.

When all construction is complete, the Emergency Department will nearly double in size to 49,000 square feet and have the capability of annually treating 100,000 patients. All patient rooms in the Emergency Department will be private.

?No one wants to think about the possibility of needing emergency, life-saving care,? said Dr. Louis DiFazio, director of surgical critical care/trauma at Morristown Medical. ?But when the unthinkable happens, our state-of-the-art facility now reflects the level of expertise of our physicians and staff to evaluate, diagnose, and treat critical patients in an environment that also supports their families.?

In addition to trauma, Morristown Medical Center?s Emergency Department handles complex orthopedic cases, advanced care for cardiac patients, and comprehensive stroke and concussion care for acute neurological trauma and mild traumatic brain injuries, the release said.

?The closest hospital may not be the best one for a patient?s situation, so patients in need of emergency, critical services come to us by land and by air,? said Dr. Mark Mandell, director of the Emergency Department at Morristown Medical.

Atlantic Health is one of the largest nonprofit health care systems in New Jersey, comprised of Morristown Medical, Overlook Medical Center in Summit and Newton Medical Center.


Article source: http://www.dailyrecord.com/article/20110913/NJNEWS/309130020/Morristown-Medical-Center-hails-arrival-of-trauma-acute-care-center

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