Tuesday, September 21, 2010

“Kettering Medical Center to open $77M heart hospital next month”

“Kettering Medical Center to open $77M heart hospital next month”


Kettering Medical Center to open $77M heart hospital next month

Posted: 21 Sep 2010 11:13 AM PDT

Kettering Medical Center plans to open its new $77 million heart hospital on Oct. 4.

The six-story Benjamin and Marian Schuster Heart Hospital will encompass five patient care floors and a lobby with a gift shop, bakery and pharmacy, the Dayton Business Journal reported.

All patient rooms are private and equipped with wireless internet, 40-inch televisions, DVD players, and large bathrooms.

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The 120,000-square-foot hospital has 90 beds. Officials project that 6,000 catheterizations and 600 open-heart surgeries will be performed in its first year, according to a 2009 (pdf) statement from Kettering.
Kettering Medical Center is part of Kettering Health Network, the Dayton area's second-largest hospital system.

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