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JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL CELEBRATES GRAND OPENING OF NEWLY RENOVATED TRANSPLANT PATIENT UNIT
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Who:
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Carlos A. Migoya, president and chief executive officer of Jackson Health System; Pascal Goldschmidt, M.D., dean, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine; Rodrigo Vianna, M.D., director of transplant services at the Miami Transplant Institute; Yaredly Hernandez, kidney transplant patient
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What:
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Jackson Memorial Hospital is hosting a grand opening celebration of its newly renovated West Wing 15, a patient unit with all new features, a hotel-like atmosphere, leading-edge equipment, 25 private rooms, a physical therapy room and amenities for patients, families and visitors. The latest renovations will welcome patients from the Miami Transplant Institute, a joint program between Jackson Memorial and UM.
The renovations cost approximately $3.5 million, with the project funded by Jackson operating revenues.
All suites include flat-screen televisions, hotel-style safes, pull-out couches for loved ones to sleep comfortably, and new, stylish bathrooms. A family lounge, free Wi-Fi, a physical therapy room with equipment, and a VIP package experience for $150 are among the additional amenities in the unit.
The renovations on West Wing 15 ensure that rooms have an appearance that lives up to the global reputation of the Miami Transplant Institute, which is led by Rodrigo Vianna, M.D., one of the world’s most experienced multi-organ transplant surgeons.
Over the last year and half, Jackson Health System has reinvested in its facilities by completing long overdue renovation projects, including the modernization of several patient floors at Jackson Memorial Hospital, Holtz Children’s Hospital and The Women’s Hospital at Jackson Memorial. All of these renovations are being done with patient and family comfort as the goal.
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When:
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December
16, 2014, 10:00 a.m.
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Where:
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Jackson Memorial Hospital
15th Floor, West Wing Tower
1611 N.W. 12th Avenue.
Miami, FL 33136
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Editor’s Note:
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Media can park outside of the Clark Diagnostic Treatment Center, on the corner of Northwest 12th Avenue and 19th Street. A Jackson representative will meet media in the DTC lobby at 9:45 a.m.
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Jackson Health System
1611 N.W. 12th Avenue Miami, FL 33136
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