Wellstar Emergency Room

Now the new state of the art emergency department ed at wellstar kennestone regional medical center delivers quality and compassionate care to every patient every time.

Wellstar emergency room. The joint commission national quality approval. Located just north of metro atlanta this 263 000 sq. 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. Today it features 112 private inpatient rooms 40 emergency exam and pediatric emergency exam rooms seven surgical suites two gi specific surgical suites a bronchoscopy suite and decentralized nursing stations.

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. At wellstar not one patient symptom or treatment plan is the same even in an emergency. Medical facility is one of the largest and busiest eds in the nation and. Emergency department 1514 vernon road lagrange ga 30240.

Wellstar health system broke ground on the emergency department on feb. 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. It was needed because kennestone s existing er was the busiest in georgia and the fifth busiest in the u s. Providing a breadth of pathology and acuity level.

Since 1982 this 108 bed hospital has served douglas county with world class inpatient and outpatient services earning recognition as one of the top ranked community value hospitals in the nation. Wellstar kennestone hospital s emergency department is the 7th the busiest emergency department in united states and houses is a level ii trauma center an accredited chest pain center with primary pci and a certified comprehensive stroke center. It contains multiple critical care rooms a.