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Vermont Business Magazine The Green Mountain Care Board, Vermont’s regulatory healthcare board, granted Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC), part of Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC), a Certificate of Need (CON) for a $26 million project to modernize and expand its Emergency Department and renovate its main entrance and public areas on the ground floor. Traffic and parking improvements are also included. The regulatory approval was necessary to proceed with the project.
“Our current emergency department was designed to serve 12,000 – 13,000 patients per year, but it currently accommodates about twice that number,” said Thomas A. Dee, FACHE, SVHC’s president and CEO. “Modernizing the Emergency Department will create a space equal to the highly skilled and compassionate care provided by our board-certified emergency physicians, Magnet® nurses, and members of our support team.”
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BENNINGTON â As hoped, Southwestern Vermont Health Careâs planned $26 million Emergency Department modernization project has won certificate of need approval from the Green Mountain Care Board prior to the end of 2020.
The project will expand the currently undersized department, reconfigure the main entrance to Southwestern Vermont Medical Center and nearby hospital department and include parking and access road improvements. A spring 2021 groundbreaking is planned, with construction expected to be completed in 2023.
SVHC President and CEO Thomas Dee noted that the current Emergency Department was designed in the mid-1990s to accommodate 12,000 to 13,000 patients per year, but that figure recently has averaged about 23,700.
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Thomas McAndrews, a resident of the Centers for Living and Rehabilitation (CLR), and Jennifer George, LNA, a staff member there, received the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19 Tuesday.
Vermont Business Magazine The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, which has received emergency use authorization from the US Food and Drug Administration, arrived at the Centers for Living and Rehabilitation (CLR), part of Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC), Tuesday. The vaccine was administered by Walgreens Pharmacy. This is the first of three clinics that will be held to ensure that the entire staff and resident population receives two shots, as is recommended to achieve immunity.
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An online event in cooperation with the Southwestern Vermont Chamber of Commerce and CAT-TV
Vermont Business Magazine Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC), part of Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC), will conduct a digital information session regarding the COVID-19 vaccine in cooperation with CAT-TV and the Southwestern Vermont Chamber of Commerce at 1 pm on Tuesday, December 22.
The session will feature SVMC’s Chief Medical Officer Trey Dobson, MD; Marie George, MD; Ann Marie Swann, MD; and Patricia Johnson, RN. All four received the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, December 16. The Chamber’s Executive Director Matthew Harrington will moderate.
The guests will answer questions about their experience throughout the pandemic; how it felt, both physically and emotionally, to be the first of SVMC’s staff to receive the shot; and if they experienced any side effects. They will detail when individuals in region should expect to receive the vacc