New facility houses 51 new monitored acute care beds, a designated Stroke/Neurosurgery Unit and additional space for Torresdale’s rapidly growing Cardiology Program.

 

From left to right: Carl F. Gregory, President, Frankford Hospital Foundation, Roy A. Powell, President and CEO, Frankford Hospitals and John C. Mitkus, Chairman, Frankford Hospitals’ Board of Directors, mark the opening of Torresdale’s new patient care addition in a formal ribbon cutting ceremony in December 2004.

Frankford Hospital – Torresdale recently opened its new Patient Care Addition which offers 51 new monitored acute care beds, a designated Stroke/Neurosurgery Unit and additional space for Torresdale’s rapidly growing Cardiology Program. The new patient care addition provides Frankford with a long-term solution to effectively meet the increased patient demand for services at the Torresdale Campus. The $15 million expansion projected was funded in large part by the Frankford Hospital Foundation. The Foundation, governed by a board of 15 area community and business leaders, is a sole purpose organization that awards grants to Frankford Hospital for such purposes as improvement projects, clinical equipment, and facility upgrades that ultimately improve the lives of patients in our local communities.

 

In recent years the Foundation has also funded expansion of both the Emergency Department and the Heart Center at Torresdale, as well as the purchase of the new clinical information system currently being implemented at each Campus.

Published: 1-2005