Baptist Memorial Health Care leaders gathered with community and state leaders to celebrate the expansion of Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville’s Intensive Care unit on Friday, Jan. 16 at a ribbon-cutting ceremony with more than 50 attendees who toured the new ICU.
The expansion, which cost more than $11 million, increased the unit’s footprint to 17,000 square feet. It was partially funded through a $5 million grant from the Tennessee Department of Health’s Healthcare Resiliency Program.
“This is an exciting day for the Collierville community and Baptist Collierville,” said Lindsay Stencel, administrator and CEO of Baptist Collierville. “Thanks to funding from the State of Tennessee’s Healthcare Resiliency Program, we have doubled the capacity of the ICU and completed the most extensive addition to the hospital since it opened in 1999. This valuable addition will allow us to treat more patients with severe illness closer to home.”
The expanded unit features 14 beds, TeleGuardian electronic ICU remote monitoring technology in each room to enhance care and a new dialysis suite that will allow four patients to receive treatment at the same time. The respiratory office and equipment are located in the center of the ICU, a placement that offers opportunities for increased efficiency and quality of care.
Planned Emergency Department Expansion
Flintco built the new ICU in former storage space on the second floor of the hospital. Now that ICU renovations are complete, construction will begin on an Emergency department expansion that will include the former ICU space on the first floor.
The expansion will increase the Emergency department size by 4,732 square feet. ESa architectural firm designed both expansions, and Belz Architecture+Construction will handle construction for the Emergency department expansion.
