Mary Immaculate Completes $3 Million Make-Over

Mary Immaculate Hospital in Jamaica, a facility of Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers, recently announced the completion of a $3 million renovation and expansion of the hospitals emergency department, one of the busiest emergency rooms in the city. The emergency department is designated a "Level 1 Trauma Center" and is capable of treating serious emergencies. All specialty workers within the hospital are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The Mary Immaculate Hospitals expanded trauma center features state-of-the-art technology and equipment that includes external decontamination showers and negative pressure isolation rooms that will improve responses to potential nuclear, biological or chemical attacks. The new expanded facilities have also added an x-ray suite, triage area, special treatment rooms, pediatric waiting area, a centralized nursing station and a more customerfriendly registration area that has been redesigned.
"We are pleased to announce the completion of this absolutely vital renovation project," said Dr. Ira Mehlman, director of emergency medicine at Mary Immaculate Hospital. "The new design and expansion of services will ensure patients are seen quickly and receive efficient treatment. It will also give our community a better prepared emergency facility, which will enable us to respond to any disaster, no matter how big or small."
Over 90% of Mary Immaculate Hospitals patients go through the emergency room. They are often brought there by a fleet of ambulances located throughout the community.
Mary Immaculate is a 249-bed acute-care hospital for the medical and surgical care of children and adults. The hospital serves its community with extensive outpatient clinics, a network of substance-abuse treatment programs and a large home care program. The hospital serves the Jamaica Center community as well as south Jamaica and the surrounding neighborhoods of southeast Queens from Queens Village to Ozone Park.
Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers (SVCMC) is one of New Yorks most comprehensive health care systems, serving over 500,000 people annually. It was established in 2000 as a result of the merger of Catholic Medical Centers of Brooklyn and Queens, Saint Vincents Hospital and Medical Center of New York and Sisters of Charity Healthcare in Staten Island. Sponsored by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn and Sisters of Charity of New York, SVCMC serves as the academic medical center of New York Medical College in New York City.