HEALTH &
The situation may be
But not a true
FITNESS
wellness
WHERE DO YOU GO?
Happy
Birthday
Hospital marks
its first year.
H
enry Ford West
Bloomfield Hospital
turned 1-year-old last
week. In a short 12
months at the hospital:
• More than 1,300 babies made
their world debut at the hospital's
Birthing Center;
• Patient satisfaction scores
reached the 99th percentile just
three months after opening;
• 1,470 new jobs were created;
• More than 30,000 patients
received treatment in the
Emergency Department;
• Bed capacity was increased
to 160 from 60 on opening day,
with the hospital currently running
at 85 percent capacity.
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On-Site Digital X-Ray Technology
On-Site Stat Lab Facilities
On-Site CT Scanning and Ultrasound
Cardiac Stress Testing Available
"Our goals for this new, award-
winning hospital were, and con-
tinue to be, quite ambitious," says
Gerard van Grinsven, president
and chief executive officer, Henry
Ford West Bloomfield Hospital.
"We built a hospital like no
other in health care, combining
the tradition of clinical excel-
lence Henry Ford is known for
with a focus on wellness and
Our most fundamental activity is the provision
of personal, timely and cost effective medical
care in a ‘y arm and friendly environment.
In addition to coughs, colds and infections
we commonly treat:
• Sprains • Strains • Fractures
• Lacerations and Burns
• Work, Auto and Sports Injuries
• Eye Injuries
DR. WEDER, medical director
at Lakes Urgent Care says
"Lakes Urgent Care was
created to provide patients
with a cost-effective, timely
alternative when they seek
quality medical care and
are unable to see their own
primary care physician."
www.lakesurgentcare.com
2300 Haggerty Road Suite 1010 j West Bloomfield, MI 48323
rOrt Haggerty Road just North of Meijer)
try are coming to learn from our
success."
Other first-year achievements at
the $360 million facility include:
• Novel diagnostics offered in
Senior Center at the Neuroscience
Institute for balance and memory
problems;
• An Epilepsy Monitoring Unit
benign tumors and urogynecol-
ogy) is now available;
• The latest additions of an
outpatient lab and the Physician
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Oakland County and beyond have
embraced us; and health care
institutions from around the coun-
that is consistently full;
• Robotic gynecologic surgery
for all subspecialties (cancer,
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a service experience that is
second to none. The people of
Village, the Henry Ford Medical
Group and community doctors'
office away from home.
Plans for the second year
include: