Kennestone Emergency Room

Wellstar kennestone hospital recently announced it will open a new emergency department ed on july 23 2020.

Kennestone emergency room. When kennestone s existing emergency room was built in 1974 it was designed to handle about 60 000 patient visits a year said candice saunders wellstar s president and ceo. Mary chatman executive vice president of wellstar health system and president of. Emergency medicine is a specialty that cannot be learned in the classroom. To get to know a patient and have coninuoty of care is the best it s difficult for the same dr to see you each time in emergency dapartments which by definition are designed for emergency care.

For one to use this for routine care will also increase cost and waiting times for those who may need a room for more urgent or emergent problems. The core of our educational training occurs in the kennestone hospital emergency department a highly efficient patient centered center serving a catchment that includes part or all of six counties with a population over 2 million residents. On thursday the new 126 million wellstar kennestone emergency center opens to the public more than two years after construction began. Wellstar kennestone hospital this 633 bed community hospital continually earns its distinction as a top 100 hospital with ongoing investment in new technologies like georgia s first cyberknife tomotherapy and da vinci robotic surgical systems.

Brian kemp was on hand for a ribbon cutting ceremony for the 263 000 square foot facility which can handle up to 600 patients a day and 220 000 patients a year. The 263 000 square foot facility will serve up to 600 patients per day and 220 000 patients. The new 126 million emergency room will be open to care for patients on july 23 said mary chatman president of wellstar kennestone and windy hill hospitals in an interview with the atlanta. Located just north of metro atlanta this 263 000 sq.

At wellstar not one patient symptom or treatment plan is the same even in an emergency.