In deference to social distancing guidance during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and in anticipation of final inspections from regulatory bodies, St. Tammany Health System leaders held a small ribbon-cutting Tuesday as a commemoration of one of the biggest expansions in the organization’s 67-year history.
The four-story, $56 million new patient tower blends state-of-the-art medical technology with the health system’s long-standing Healing Arts philosophy and adds two floors of private rooms for patient care ranging from acute to critical care.
Pending licensure, administrative areas of the new addition are expected to be occupied late this week and patient care spaces on upper floors soon to follow.
In addition to featuring the latest medical technology, the new tower’s addition of 70 patient rooms, which were designed with input from the health system’s doctors and nurses, will enable the hospital to make every room in the hospital a private one for the first time in its history.
STHS Chief Medical Officer Dr. Patrick Torcson said that at the end of the day, this means it is a new era at St. Tammany Health System.
