MEDIA ADVISORY, Sept. 30, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Gwinnett Hospital System will host the official groundbreaking ceremony for its new hospital at Duluth's Glancy Outpatient Center campus on October 4.
The project, which will replace Joan Glancy Memorial Hospital, will be a vital addition to GHS assuring that healthcare in Gwinnett will remain superior in quality and sufficient in capacity well into the future. The new facility will provide state-of-the-art inpatient medical, surgical, intensive and intermediate care and 24-hour emergency services.
The 81-bed facility will include 175,476 square feet of modern inpatient treatment space, larger operating rooms that accommodate the latest high-tech surgical equipment and 23 emergency department exam and treatment rooms. The number of critical care beds will be double the amount in the current hospital and the intensive care unit will be "family friendly" with contemporary, private rooms.
The projected completion date is early 2006.
What: Groundbreaking ceremony for Gwinnett Hospital System's new
Duluth hospital
When: Monday, October 4, 2004; 2:00 p.m. ET
Where: At the building construction site at the
Glancy Outpatient Center campus - 3805 Pleasant Hill
Road at the intersection of Howell Ferry Road, Duluth,
Ga. All broadcast-equipped media vehicles may park in
the parking lot adjacent to the event location. Other
media may park at the shopping center on Howell Ferry
Road across the street from the campus.
Who: The following VIPs are scheduled to be in attendance:
Gov. Sonny Perdue
Franklin M. Rinker, president and chief executive
officer, GHS
Wayne Sikes, chairman, GHS board of directors
Dr. Miles Mason III, president of medical staff, GHS
For more information on Gwinnett Hospital System, please visit www.gwinnettmedicalcenter.org.