{"id":30221,"date":"2019-06-06T09:21:13","date_gmt":"2019-06-06T13:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/?p=30221"},"modified":"2019-06-06T09:34:20","modified_gmt":"2019-06-06T13:34:20","slug":"upmc-chautauqua-cuts-ribbon-on-maternity-and-mental-health-wing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/upmc-chautauqua-cuts-ribbon-on-maternity-and-mental-health-wing\/","title":{"rendered":"UPMC Chautauqua Cuts Ribbon on Maternity and Mental Health Wing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/UPMC-Chautauqua.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"30222\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/upmc-chautauqua-cuts-ribbon-on-maternity-and-mental-health-wing\/upmc-chautauqua\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/UPMC-Chautauqua.jpg?fit=1100%2C516&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1100,516\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"UPMC Chautauqua\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/UPMC-Chautauqua.jpg?fit=300%2C141&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/UPMC-Chautauqua.jpg?fit=1024%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-30222 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/UPMC-Chautauqua.jpg?resize=390%2C183&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/UPMC-Chautauqua.jpg?resize=1024%2C480&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/UPMC-Chautauqua.jpg?resize=300%2C141&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/UPMC-Chautauqua.jpg?resize=768%2C360&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/UPMC-Chautauqua.jpg?w=1100&amp;ssl=1 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>JAMESTOWN \u2013 <strong>UPMC Chautauqua<\/strong> unveiled its new Women\u2019s and Maternity Care Center and Adolescent and Adult Mental Health Inpatient units Wednesday afternoon during a ribbon-cutting ceremony, followed by an open house.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProjects like this move our hospital forward and fulfill our mission to deliver world-class care right here in Jamestown,\u201d said <strong>Brian Durniok<\/strong>, interim president, UPMC Chautauqua. \u201cThis $20 million project features an improved design, additional space, more privacy and modern amenities for patients and visitors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new 42,000 square-foot expansion includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Four labor and delivery suites and three triage rooms;<\/li>\n<li>12 postpartum private rooms where patients will be able to heal;<\/li>\n<li>10 inpatient adolescent mental health beds; and,<\/li>\n<li>20 inpatient adult mental health beds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The expansion project was made possible by a $26.4 million state grant, part of a $1.5 billion commitment made by the state in 2016 to assist health care providers fund capital improvements and further develop health systems.<\/p>\n<p>Others who offered remarks at the ceremony included County Executive <strong>George Borrello<\/strong>; <strong>Betsy Wright<\/strong>, former UPMC Chautauqua president; <strong>Peter Stark<\/strong>, <strong>WCA Foundation<\/strong> board chair; and <strong>Steve Kilburn<\/strong>, UPMC Chautauqua board president.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, unveiled for the first time was a baby mural wall with more than 700 baby photos submitted by former patients. \u201cCommunity is a very important part of what we do here. That is why we asked our friends, our patients, to help us share some thoughts and memories that we could feature in our new units,\u201d said Durniok. In the mental health unit, an inspirational word art display includes about 100 submissions from the community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re grateful because expansion projects like this enable our medical staff to practice in a hospital with a very rich tradition of excellent local leadership and compassionate care that also is part of a nationally ranked academic medical center, strong hospital network and one of the largest provider-led integrated health care delivery and finance systems in the country,\u201d said Durniok.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JAMESTOWN \u2013 UPMC Chautauqua unveiled its new Women\u2019s and Maternity Care Center and Adolescent and Adult Mental Health Inpatient units Wednesday afternoon during a ribbon-cutting ceremony, followed by an open house. \u201cProjects like this move our hospital forward and fulfill our mission to deliver world-class care right here in Jamestown,\u201d said Brian Durniok, interim president, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":30222,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4],"tags":[207,9429,938,8316,6051,8792,2602],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/UPMC-Chautauqua.jpg?fit=1100%2C516&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3YlJ4-7Rr","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":56028,"url":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/upmc-chautauqua-president-leaving-for-new-job-at-upmc-hamot\/","url_meta":{"origin":30221,"position":0},"title":"UPMC Chautauqua President Leaving For New Job At UPMC Hamot","author":"WRFA Radio","date":"December 6, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"UPMC Chautauqua's president will be leaving to become the new president of UPMC Hamot. 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