Jackson Health System's 2024 Report to the Community.
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- Emergency department gifts meet growing needsFor our adult and pediatric emergency room expansion Upon completion in 2027, the 178,000-square-foot emergency department will be larger than many hospitals. This facility will be among the largest emergency rooms in the United States. Through generous donations, $1.5 million to date, the rebuilt and reimagined emergency department at Jackson Memorial Hospital will be a role model facility, that will help a population that mirrors the nation's most underserved patient demographics: many are A 12-bed fast-track unit will discharge low-acuity patients in under two hours. The department will have its own pharmacy, radiology reading room, MRI, CT scanners, ultrasounds, and other imaging. With a new location on the Jackson Memorial campus, this facility will be easily accessible, with a driveway in the front of the building and convenient parking nearby. The facility is expected to cost $300 million to build. Construction is underway.
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World-class care in our corner of the world
Maternal-fetal medicine team delivers excellent outcomes
Top clinical support from pre-birth interventions to delivery
When little Wesley was born at The Women's Hospital at Jackson Memorial, he had a team of 13 specialists and three doctors standing by, ready to intervene at the slightest complication. Diagnosed with a congenital diaphragmatic hernia, as well as a piece of abnormal lung tissue, Wesley would need surgery immediately after birth.
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The close proximity of high-risk pregnancy care to the largest neonatal intensive care unit in Florida is one of the many reasons the team is a community leader in perinatal medicine. Alfonso Perez, MD, a neonatal surgeon at Holtz Children's, who operated on Wesley, says the readily available multidisciplinary collaboration is a game-changer.
"This level of care and expertise only exists at a place like Holtz Children's because we have so many specialists always at the ready," Dr. Perez said.
Our team is comprised of board-certified experts who work hand in hand with a multidisciplinary group of pediatric specialists, including geneticists, neonatologists, surgeons, neurosurgeons, nephrologists, urologists, cardiologists, anesthesiologists, cardiac surgeons, obstetricians, nurses, and social workers.
Wesley's doctor, Rodrigo Ruano, MD, PhD, director of the UHealth Jackson Fetal Care Center and division chief of UHealth Jackson Maternal-Fetal Medicine, leads the only academic-based fetal program in South Florida, an impressive multidisciplinary group of specialists delivering high-risk pregnancy care, fetal surgery and interventions, and care for premature or high-risk newborns in one location.
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