Organizers unveiled changes to Grand Strand Regional Medical Center’s intensive care unit.
The hospital held a teddy bear clinic to let the public get its first look at its nearly complete pediatric wing.
The project began last summer and renovations are nearly complete. A hospital spokesperson says they’ve seen an influx of pediatric patients so the added space is much needed.
The new wing has bright colors, a playroom for kids and larger rooms where families can stay with their young patients.
It’s all in an effort to give children a kid friendly environment they will not have to travel to find.
David Rosenberg is the medical director for inpatient pediatric services at Grand Strand Regional Medical Center, he says the new the intensive care unit allows younger patients to get advanced care close to home for the first time
“We’re going to be open mid June, the inpatient pediatric service started here earlier this year; and prior to that if you were critically ill and needed hospitalization you would be transported to Charleston,” he said.
Tiffany Keys is the chief nursing officer at Grand Strand, she knows what its like to have a child receiving care in the hospital.
“Last year in October, our daughter Katie had surgery here unexpectedly,” said Keys.
13 year old Katie Keys had a cyst removed from her lower back, and ended up having to stay in the hospital for a week.
She is now well on the road to recovery, but says her experience in the hospital was life changing.
“In the end it made our family come closer together because of how much time we spent together, even though we drove each other crazy probably,” said Katie Keys.
She also says she would have preferred her stay in one of the new rooms in the pediatric wing, “they have bathrooms with doors on them, and i didn’t have that and i didn’t have a shower either. So yeah, these are really nice.”
Twenty new rooms were included in the $12.5 million project. 8 pediatric intensive care units and 12 larger rooms let families stay close by, with a bit more comfort than in the past.
All of the rooms on the medical unit have complete tile showers, with full bathrooms which is new to the pediatric unit, and there are fold out sofas where the parents can stay.
After her experience, Katie now visits with young children, explaining what its like to go through surgery and having to stay in the hospital for a week.
The hospital held a teddy bear clinic to let the public get its first look at its nearly complete pediatric wing.
The project began last summer and renovations are nearly complete. A hospital spokesperson says they’ve seen an influx of pediatric patients so the added space is much needed.
The new wing has bright colors, a playroom for kids and larger rooms where families can stay with their young patients.
It’s all in an effort to give children a kid friendly environment they will not have to travel to find.
David Rosenberg is the medical director for inpatient pediatric services at Grand Strand Regional Medical Center, he says the new the intensive care unit allows younger patients to get advanced care close to home for the first time
“We’re going to be open mid June, the inpatient pediatric service started here earlier this year; and prior to that if you were critically ill and needed hospitalization you would be transported to Charleston,” he said.
Tiffany Keys is the chief nursing officer at Grand Strand, she knows what its like to have a child receiving care in the hospital.
“Last year in October, our daughter Katie had surgery here unexpectedly,” said Keys.
13 year old Katie Keys had a cyst removed from her lower back, and ended up having to stay in the hospital for a week.
She is now well on the road to recovery, but says her experience in the hospital was life changing.
“In the end it made our family come closer together because of how much time we spent together, even though we drove each other crazy probably,” said Katie Keys.
She also says she would have preferred her stay in one of the new rooms in the pediatric wing, “they have bathrooms with doors on them, and i didn’t have that and i didn’t have a shower either. So yeah, these are really nice.”
Twenty new rooms were included in the $12.5 million project. 8 pediatric intensive care units and 12 larger rooms let families stay close by, with a bit more comfort than in the past.
All of the rooms on the medical unit have complete tile showers, with full bathrooms which is new to the pediatric unit, and there are fold out sofas where the parents can stay.
After her experience, Katie now visits with young children, explaining what its like to go through surgery and having to stay in the hospital for a week.
