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Good Samaritan Hospital Debuts Surgical Intensive Care Unit

Sixteen-bed unit accommodates trauma and surgical patients who require extra care.

Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center recently unveiled a new surgical intensive care unit at a ribbon cutting ceremony in late November.

The 16-bed unit will accommodate trauma patients and surgical patients who require intensive care. Each room accomodates one patient, as well as the patient's family and are equipped with state-of-the-art monitoring technology.

“We have responded to patients’ needs by providing greater access to surgical care,” said Good Samaritan’s Chair of Surgery John Francfort. 

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Good Sam is working toward a planned 2013 American College of Surgeons site visit and review. If verified, the hospital will be among the first in New York to be named an ACS-Committee on Trauma Level II Trauma Center.

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