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Published November 21, 2012, 12:00 AM

Photo Gallery: New wing at Community Memorial Hospital is open for business

Photos by Jana Peterson/jpeterson@pinejournal.com



  • One of 18 new private patient rooms
  • Tom Gauthier, director of inpatient services, demonstrates how a nurse or doctor would enter treatment information about a patient into the bedside computer system.
  • Nurses station
  • The new infusion therapy stations
  • A private room in the intensive care unit. Previously, ICU was a ward.
  • A miniature mock-up of the patient information whiteboards that will go in each patient's room
  • One of three new birthing suites. Each suite features a spacious room with separate storage space (behind the curtains) and a private bathroom.
  • Whirlpool tub in a birthing suite bathroom
  • This bariatric room in the ICU can handle very large people. The bed and the lift will hold up to 1,000 pounds. The same room can also serve as an isolation unit.
  • The family waiting room