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Niswonger and Franklin Woods officials brief commissioners on bed additions, NICU and new ER planning
Summary
Health system leaders told the commission about expansions at Franklin Woods and Niswonger Children’s Hospital including 20 inpatient beds at Franklin Woods, a new NICU, a planned emergency department renovation and improvements in patient experience metrics.
Officials from Niswonger Children’s Hospital and Franklin Woods Community Hospital updated the commission on ongoing expansions and patient-experience initiatives at county medical facilities.
Chris Jett, representing Niswonger Children’s Hospital, told the commission the hospitals are planning a renovation and expansion of emergency-department space and are in the programming stage — defining size, layout and clinical needs before construction. “We are in the programming stage…
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