New Facilities for Emergency Department at AIDHC
Wilmington, Delaware
Tuesday, October 02, 2007 @ 03:50 PM EDT
by: Alison Burris
(302) 651-6396
Wilmington, DE– For parents, having a sick child can be a nerve-wracking experience. Even when a child gets an earache, fever, or a minor injury that they know isn’t life threatening, most parents would like to have them examined by a healthcare professional. Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children has a brand new facility to help treat children with minor illnesses and injuries quickly and efficiently.
The newly expanded Urgent Care Center is now located next to the Emergency Department at Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children. Parents can bring their child into the Emergency Department entrance where a nurse will evaluate symptoms. About 30% of children entering the ED will go to Urgent Care Center. Children who do not require intensive treatment will be taken to the new state-of-the-art center with six private treatment rooms staffed by board-certified pediatricians. To help reduce a family’s anxiety, the waiting area is attractively designed with soothing colors, comfortable chairs, and a courtyard.
This unit benefits families in two ways. Because they do not have to wait behind other more critical patients, it provides quick treatment for minor injuries and illnesses. This allows the main ER to concentrate on patients that require more intensive care that requires longer treatment times.
The Urgent Care Center is open from 10:00 a.m. to midnight, Monday through Friday and 1:00 p.m. to midnight on weekends and holidays.
Photo: Urgent Care Center reception area and waiting room in Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children.
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About Nemours
Nemours, one of the nation’s largest pediatric health systems, is dedicated to achieving higher standards in children’s health. Nemours offers an integrated spectrum of clinical treatment coupled with research, advocacy, and educational health and prevention services extending to all families in the communities it serves. Starting with Alfred I. duPont’s bequest over seventy years ago, Nemours has grown into a multi-dimensional organization offering personalized clinical and preventive care focused on children.
Nemours owns and operates the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware and major children’s specialty clinics in Delaware (Wilmington), Florida (Jacksonville, Orlando and Pensacola), Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Bryn Mawr) and New Jersey (Atlantic City and Voorhees). Having recently received preliminary approval from the State of Florida, Nemours will establish a new full-service children’s hospital as part of an integrated pediatric health campus in Orlando. KidsHealth.org, the world’s most visited pediatric health care Web site for parents, kids and teens, is a project of Nemours.
Nemours employs over 4,400 individuals, including 430 pediatric physicians, specialists and surgeons who cared for approximately a quarter of a million children in 2007. The organization’s goal is to align with parents, physicians, community leaders, children’s advocates and elected officials to ensure optimal wellness for every child. Additional information about Nemours can be found at www.nemours.org.
