THE OPENING OF THE NEW WOMEN’S CENTER COMES AT A FORTUITOUS TIME, AS IT FREES THE FORMER LABOR AND DELIVERY UNIT FOR USE AS AN ISOLATED COVID CARE UNIT.
Above: The
Women’s Center is expansion in the medical center’s history to be completed. In addition to its medical facilities, the Women’s Center includes a lactation suite with three bays and a new education space. Photography by Kevin Pieper
will assist nursing mothers; and a new isolette expands staff’s ability to care for preterm infants. Dr. Kurian states that the Center is an excellent resource for the area, calling it “big-city services for a small town.” Everyone, staff as well as patients, is excited about
the new space. While the doctors’ offices still are based out of the Women’s Healthcare Clinic on Gibson Street, Dr. Israel estimates that half of the work they do is comprised of delivering babies, which will see them utilizing the new facilities in the Women’s Center to the advantage of all.
Plans for the Center were developed about two years ago, and construction began a year ago prior to the start of the pandemic. The opening of the new Women’s Center now comes at a fortuitous time, as it both frees the former labor and delivery unit for use as an isolated Covid Care Unit as well as provides more space for necessary procedures at a time when more space is often advisable. The Women’s Center was the first portion of Ozarks Healthcare’s expan- sion, and its successful completion marks a signifi- cant milestone for the expansion project.
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