Plus, the expanding footprint of MIHS means a shorter commute for her. “I think it’s neat we were able to utilize existing space and kind of work them in for the needs we have and the needs of the patients,” she said. Both hospitals were built more than 40 years ago. Others, like medical imaging manager Andrea Prado, used to work at Maricopa Medical Center downtown at Roosevelt and 24th streets. “That was very close to my heart because you are looking at people who had to go all the way over to the freeway, and the hospitals in that area, or go all the way downtown,” she said.Ībout a dozen of the nurses and technicians at Maryvale now worked there before and some live in the community, too. Wilcox said reopening the emergency department on the west side of Phoenix was a top priority. Wilcox, Samaritan is closer, we have to take you there because you’re bleeding.' And I was still upset, and the doctor who saw me immediately said, ‘Don’t worry, I was trained at county,’ and I said … OK. And when she was shot in 1997 by a man upset over how she voted as supervisor, she said she asked to be taken to the county hospital for treatment. She worked there when it first opened in the 1970s. Wilcox has close ties with the county hospital. “And we bought it, and we got a damn good price for it,” she said.
The Maryvale hospital wasn’t in the original bond money plan, but she said it was too good an opportunity to miss. Mary Rose Wilcox, former county supervisor and current restaurant owner, represents Maryvale and Phoenix. MIHS has a five-person elected board to oversee it. One floor is open now and already has patients staying there. The rest of the Maryvale campus is still in the process of being converted to almost 100 more behavioral health beds. There’s also a live interpreter at the hospital around the clock to help Spanish-speaking patients. “We did want to make sure we embraced that need. “About 30 percent of their total volume for the year was pediatric patients,” Moodey said. The new ER was built to accommodate the youngest patients. Maryvale has the largest and youngest population of any village in Phoenix. “So they’re just really looking to have a community center to come and seek medical care when they need it.” “The community uses the ER a lot to access basic medical care just because of a lack of resources,” Moodey said. It was estimated 40,000 people came through the hospital when it was still open, averaging out to more than 100 each day. MIHS worked quickly to reopen the emergency department this April because of such a high demand in the Maryvale community. She’s still getting used to the redesigned layout, badging open doors as she leads a tour. Michael Murphy/Maricopa Integrated Health System
Nurses and staff have also trained with "trauma drills" to prepare for the launch of these services that went live Friday at noon.Kate Moodey is the Maryvale emergency department nursing manager. "If you're just looking at statistics and that Phoenix has 4.3 million people and they have 11 trauma centers, and the basin of Tucson has over a million people and there's one trauma center - speaks to the need of another trauma center," said Gesing.Īdding trauma services included adding two new trauma rooms and renovating the ER and ICU with new equipment.
However, studies have shown that the closer you are to a trauma center when you're critically injured, the greater your chance of survival and having a good outcome," said Ali-Osman, St. They're a little bit more towards downtown near the freeway - we're here a little bit more east. He says having another center in the Tucson-metro area is long overdue. Joseph's around the clock.įrancis Ali-Osman has practiced trauma surgery for the past six years in Phoenix, and has come to Tucson to help and work at St. But having a trauma center now makes those surgeons available at St. Such as orthopedic, vascular, and hand surgeons. And then we also bring in specialists that don't have to be on-call for a regular hospital," said Paige Gesing, St. We're going to add a trauma surgical intensive care unit to go along with the medical and the other units. "Adding trauma just ramps up the whole level. Joseph's officials say adding a trauma center adds specialized services to the area. With this being almost two years in the making, St. Joseph's to care for a higher level of critically injured patients. The addition of trauma services allows St. Joseph's Hospital added trauma services to its emergency department. Tucsonans now have another option to go to for trauma treatment.
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