New E.R. Opens in Nampa
The city of Nampa today unveiled its new bigger and better emergency room at Mercy Medical Center.
Doctors say the $6.2 million expansion will help meet the needs of a growing community.
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On a yearly basis, the emergency department at Mercy Medical Center sees close to 36,000 patients a year. So to meet the demand, they say this expansion was absolutely necessary. The new E.R. is larger and will be able to better accomodate these patients.
The new facility has added 4,000 square feet - bringing the emergency room to 11,000 square feet. And they have added 11 new treatment areas.
Before there was only one nurses station and that has now grown to two.
Each room has new state-of-the-art equipment including a flat screen television.
Mercy Medical Center Joe Messemer says the biggest difference patients will see is a shorter wait time.
“The biggest improvement will be the number of treatment areas we will have, we went from 16 up to 27, which is a significant increase. We were at capacity before, this will give us flexibility for growth in the future,” said Messemer.
The new facility has already been put to use. Over the weekend, doctors tell us all 27 new beds were used.
Messemer says the building was designed to expand in case they need to grow again in the future.