Beaufort Memorial Hospital

November 1, 2023November 1, 2023 Beaufort Lifestyle 1010 Views

BEAUFORT MEMORIAL HOSTS WALL-BREAKING CEREMONY AS SURGICAL PAVILION EXPANSION BEGINS

photos by PAUL NURNBERG

Members of the Perioperative Services Team: Jesica Simmons, surgery scheduler; Jessica Allen, RN, BSN; Alexandria Coleman, RN, BSN; Rebecca Siira, RN, BSN; Sherry Best, CSP; and Sharon Brovey, RN, MSN

Ceremonial wall breakers included: Bill Himmelsbach, vice-chairman of the BMH Board of Trustees; Denise Lindsey, MSN, RN, director of Perioperative Services; U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham; Louis Plzak, M.D., BMH chief of surgery; David House, chairman of the BMH Board of Trustees; Russell Baxley, BMH president & CEO; Tiffany Washington, RN, BSN, director of Collins Birthing Center; William Jessee, M.D., FACMPE, BMH Trustee; and Tony Britton, treasurer of BMH Foundation Board.

Beaufort Memorial Hospital (BMH) recently hosted special guest U. S. Sen. Lindsey O. Graham at a ceremonial “wall-breaking” to kick-off construction of a multimillion-dollar renovation and expansion of its Surgical Pavilion. The project was made possible in part with funding championed by Graham.

“This money came from the American taxpayer,” said Graham. “It’s not my money, it’s your money. It’s my job to decide how to spend your money, and I think I made a great decision to bring it here to Beaufort.”

Dave House, chairman of the BMH Board of Trustees with BMH CEO Russell
Baxley and U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham.

The project includes the addition of two state-of-the-art surgical suites to address the growing demand for advanced procedures, the enlargement of existing suites to accommodate the latest technologies and optimize the surgical process, and the renovation of pre- and post-operating care areas to streamline patient flow.

Breast surgeon Tara Grahovac, M.D., gets ready to “hit the wall.”

BMH UNVEILS NEW CATH LAB

photos by CHARLOTTE BERKELEY

Beaufort Memorial marked the 20th anniversary of the Cochrane Heart Center last month with the opening of its newly renovated cardiac catheterization lab (cath lab), outfitted with the most advanced technology in the nation. As part of expanding the interventional cardiology program, the updated cath lab will help provide rapid and comprehensive care to hundreds of heart patients every year for life-threatening emergencies, as well as scheduled cardiac procedures.