Hospital celebrates birthday with a bash

Hospital

celebrates birthday with a bash

Fayette Community

Hospital is celebrating its two-year anniversary this,

and officials from the hospital are quite pleased with

the response of the community to the facility.

"We've

had an amazing two years and we look forward to providing

superior healthcare and health-related services to the

community for many years to come," said hospital CEO

Darrell Cutts.

When it

opened its doors in 1997, it became the first new

hospital in the metro area in 14 years. In order to meet

the healthcare needs of the community, the hospital

continues to expand its services.

This

summer, the Diagnostics Department extended its hours to

accommodate patients needing to schedule appointments

outside normal working hours. The department also added

new services including angiograms, arteriograms and

diagnostics-directed biopsies.

This fall,

he department is adding a bone density scanner and a

mobile MRI unit. Other areas of expansion at the hospital

include the addition of two new operating rooms to

support more than 430 surgeries each month.

Employees

celebrated the two-year anniversary with a fun-filled day

of food, games and fellowship. I addition to the many

activities like face-painting and volleyball, employees

also had the opportunity to win door prizes, dance to the

sounds of the band Identity Crisis and even attempt to

soak the hospital CEO in the dunk tank.

Statistics

from last year's fiscal year ending June 30 include:

-Admissions-3,503

-ER

visits- 22,766

-Outpatient

visits- 26,405

-Radiology

diagnostic tests- 37,881

-Lab

tests- 32,187

-Employees-

510

-Physicians

on staff- 364

-Volunteers-

260