Fauquier Hospital doubles ER size

By Rhonda Simmons

Published: October 5, 2008

Fauquier Hospital has doubled its emergency facility, bringing the total number of square feet to 25,660.

The highly anticipated opening is scheduled for Oct. 14.

“We’ve added a big, beautiful, new waiting room that is going to provide a lot more comfort for our patients,” said Dr. Joseph Servideo, chairman of the Fauquier Hospital Emergency Department.

“We’re also opening up more exam rooms and adding more physicians and clinical staff. All of this means we’ll be able to serve our patients much more quickly.”

The expansion will offer more flexibility during peak patient times, according to Lisa Schaumann of Bendure Communications, a Washington-D.C.-based public relations firm for the hospital.

“The hospital administration was very open to making the emergency department a little larger than what we needed for right now,” Servideo said. “So this new expansion should easily serve us for the next five to 10 years.”

The expansion added 13,000 square feet; 13 new patients rooms, brining the total to 33; a new CT scanner, two state-of-the-art trauma suits; obstetrical and orthopedic rooms, two negative pressure rooms for possible contagious patients, a digital imaging machine, portable x-ray machines, and additional parking spaces.

Fauquier Health System, Fauquier Hosiptal’s parent company, also oversees a number of adjacent health facilities including the Warrenton Overlook Health and Rehabilitation Center and the Medical Office Building on Hospital Hill.

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