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z STATE OF THE ART Spacious, fully-integrated ORs (ranging from 500 to 620 square feet) help
facilitate the best possible care. An equipment boom, an anesthesia boom and 2 light booms help
keep everything off the floor. From a central location, the circulating nurse can control the lights, the
camera,
the environment and the PACS images on the 52-inch screens.
z ELBOW ROOM Dual recovery bays on the 3rd floor feature light filtering
through from above. "They aren't ostentatiously gaudy," says Dr. Vemulapalli,
"but there's a pop of color that brings a smile to your face, like relaxing images
of flowers." The PACU is also designed to give patients both privacy and
enough space that accompanying family feel comfortable, not crowded.
