March 2007: Construction to Begin on Emergency Department Entrance
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If you visit UK Chandler Hospital this spring, you will see construction under way near the Emergency Department (ED). The construction
will not impact traffic accessing the ED from Limestone. We are
building a new entrance to the ED that will allow the first phase of the new hospital construction to begin. The new ED entrance will offer additional amenities to our patients and visitors. An information desk and triage area will greet entering patients. The new entrance will extend from the current ED to the UK Linda and Jack Gill building. (The canopy currently on the south side of the Gill building will be removed to make way for the new entrance.) Construction will begin this spring and is planned to be complete in late summer.
In the new hospital, the ED will be expanded in a new location (footprint the size of a football field). It will include a separate children’s entrance and distinct children’s Emergency Department. And, it will provide easy, interior access to the main hospital.
Map of access to Gill building and temporary Hospital Drive Closure
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Accessing the Gill Heart Institute and Center for Advanced Surgery
The new ED entrance is to be constructed where the Gill building’s current valet parking exists. As a result, starting May 7, 2007, patients with appointments at the Gill Heart Institute and the Center for Advanced Surgery will access the Gill building by arriving at the main entrance of the UK Chandler Hospital, accessible from Hospital Drive.
Temporary Closure of Hospital Drive in April
In order for construction to begin on utilities needed for the new hospital, Hospital Drive near the VA Medical Center will be closed to through traffic for a period of six to eight weeks beginning in early April. The map below shows the portion that will be closed. This closure will not prevent traffic on Limestone from using Hospital Drive to reach UK Chandler Hospital or its parking garage. While closed, traffic should access the VA Medical Center from University Drive. At the end of the six- to eight-week period, traffic flow will be reopened using an alternate street adjacent to the College of Agriculture greenhouses. Construction fences will be erected around various parts of the new hospital site in March.
The New University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital
New facility will replace the existing hospital in phases. Will provide a comforting and welcoming environment with the highest quality of care – a facility that is easy to navigate with amenities convenient to patients and their families. Private patient rooms will accommodate multiple visitors and provide a sleeping couch for one family member to stay overnight. The rooms are designed to accommodate today’s technology, with space to adapt for changes in the future. State-of-the-art space for: emergency/trauma service, interventional and diagnostic imaging, surgery and other inpatient care services. Family and support space such as waiting areas, food services and a patient library will help to make the hospital stay comfortable for patients and their loved ones. Timeless and open architectural plans feature some of the most innovative and functional hospital designs in the country.
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Future editions of Renewal will include information about:
- Plans for state-of-the-art rooms designed with both the patient and the patient’s family in mind
- A new Emergency Department designed especially for UK’s pediatric patients
- An art-in-healing program to bring the visual and performing arts alive inside the new hospital
- Amenities to help patients and families feel relaxed and at home
- New patient and visitor shuttle service
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