Kennestone Emergency Room

The core of our educational training occurs in the kennestone hospital emergency department a highly efficient patient centered center serving a catchment that includes part or all of six counties with a population over 2 million residents.

Kennestone emergency room. Mary chatman executive vice president of wellstar health system and president of. Wellstar kennestone hospital recently announced it will open a new emergency department ed on july 23 2020. To get to know a patient and have coninuoty of care is the best it s difficult for the same dr to see you each time in emergency dapartments which by definition are designed for emergency care. Wellstar kennestone hospital this 633 bed community hospital continually earns its distinction as a top 100 hospital with ongoing investment in new technologies like georgia s first cyberknife tomotherapy and da vinci robotic surgical systems.

When kennestone s existing emergency room was built in 1974 it was designed to handle about 60 000 patient visits a year said candice saunders wellstar s president and ceo. The new 126 million emergency room will be open to care for patients on july 23 said mary chatman president of wellstar kennestone and windy hill hospitals in an interview with the atlanta. Located just north of metro atlanta this 263 000 sq. Wellstar kennestone hospital will open its new 126 million emergency department in marietta next month.

On thursday the new 126 million wellstar kennestone emergency center opens to the public more than two years after construction began. Brian kemp was on hand for a ribbon cutting ceremony for the 263 000 square foot facility which can handle up to 600 patients a day and 220 000 patients a year. At wellstar not one patient symptom or treatment plan is the same even in an emergency. For one to use this for routine care will also increase cost and waiting times for those who may need a room for more urgent or emergent problems.

Medical facility is one of the largest and busiest eds in the nation and.