SHERIDAN – A remodel of the Sheridan Memorial Hospital Emergency Department began Monday, Aug. 12, affecting how individuals seeking care will enter the facility.
The main entrance to the SMH Emergency Department will be closed for approximately four weeks during construction. During this time, those seeking care in the Emergency Department should continue to park in the lots located off Fifth Street near the Emergency Department, but will enter through the doors located under the building’s large awning. Signage will be in place to help direct patients to the correct entrance.
SMH staff have emphasized the importance of not parking or leaving vehicles unattended under the awning or along the road that loops under the awning. This area is reserved for local emergency services transporting individuals to the Emergency Department.
The work that began Aug. 12 is the first phase of the Emergency Department remodel and focuses on the entry to the facility. The second phase of the project, expected to begin in approximately one month, will relocate the registration desk in the Emergency Department, update the waiting room and add more triage rooms to the department. The main entrance to the Emergency Department will reopen to the public during the second phase of the project.
Later this year, additional work will be completed in patient care areas of the Emergency Department to update features such as lighting and flooring.
The Emergency Department construction project is part of the hospital’s Growing for You campaign. Additional information on the project can be found at sheridanhospital.org/growing-for-you/.