LUMBERTON — Southeastern Health has unveiled a new operating room suite at Southeastern Regional Medical Center.
Board members, physicians, stakeholders and staff members were first to see the $15 million suite during the unveiling on Tuesday. The first surgical procedures will be performed Monday in the suite that features an endoscopy room, pre-operative and post-operative surgery areas, four state-of-the-art operating rooms, a surgeons’ lounge, an extra-large supply room with increased equipment storage, and several environmental upgrades, including high-tech air temperature and humidity controls for patient and surgical team comfort.
“The opening of this OR suite is a significant milestone for Southeastern,” said Joann Anderson, Southeastern Health president and CEO. “Between the ambulatory surgery center and this new suite, we now have available to our surgeons state-of-the-art operating rooms for inpatient and outpatient surgical cases. This will enhance our ability to recruit, improve efficiency and the overall surgical environment.”
Department of Surgery Chairman Dr. Sam Britt, a general surgeon with Southeastern Surgical Center, is excited to perform surgery in the new medical suite.
“This is a major advancement not only in patient experience but also provider experience,” Britt said. “The new equipment and more space allows providers and staff to be more comfortable. The new waiting room on the second floor means that family will not be a great distance away from the patient and the surgeon. The flow of the patients through the surgical experience in the new OR is natural.”
A virtual tour of the new operating room suite is available on YouTube at https://youtube/LopOvv5_x60.
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