Wellstar Emergency Room

When kennestone s existing emergency room was built in 1974 it was designed to handle about 60 000 patient visits a year said candice saunders wellstar s president and ceo.

Wellstar emergency room.

Emergency department 1514 vernon road lagrange ga 30240. Now the new state of the art emergency department ed at wellstar kennestone regional medical center delivers quality and compassionate care to every patient every time. At wellstar not one patient symptom or treatment plan is the same even in an emergency. Located just north of metro atlanta this 263 000 sq.

The joint commission national quality approval. It was needed because kennestone s existing er was the busiest in georgia and the fifth busiest in the u s. Patients and visitors contact us locations staff and internal for vendors remote support. Providing a breadth of pathology and acuity level.

It contains multiple critical care rooms a. Today it features 112 private inpatient rooms 40 emergency exam and pediatric emergency exam rooms seven surgical suites two gi specific surgical suites a bronchoscopy suite and decentralized nursing stations. A state of the art replacement hospital opened in hiram in 2014. The new 126 million emergency room will be open to care for patients on july 23 said mary chatman president of wellstar kennestone and windy hill hospitals in an interview with the atlanta.

Wellstar kennestone hospital this 633 bed community hospital continually earns its distinction as a top 100 hospital with ongoing investment in new technologies like georgia s first cyberknife tomotherapy and da vinci robotic surgical systems. This top 100 rated 382 bed hospital serves south cobb county s health needs including cancer and cardiac programs a private maternity center and accredited total joint program. Wellstar kennestone hospital s emergency department is the 7th the busiest emergency department in united states and houses is a level ii trauma center an accredited chest pain center with primary pci and a certified comprehensive stroke center.