FLOYD COUNTY —
The original section of Floyd Memorial Hospital and Health Services has taken a step into the future.
Renovation work on the second and third floors will soon be completed, which means every room in the hospital will be private. The facility will have 211 beds when the work is finished, which is 12 more than it previously had.
“It’s an ongoing process,” said Mark Truman, vice president of operations for the hospital. “We finish up one area and go to the other. We are keeping everything up to date in the hospital. There will be no more old section.”
The only area that won’t be finished is the shell area — which is 33,000 square feet — in the new addition that has remained unfinished since it was completed by design, Truman said.
The second floor is currently being finished, and work on the third floor is also under way.
Mark Inman, vice president of nursing services/chief nursing officer, said six out of eight patients prefer to stay in a private room. He said private rooms are not only better for the patients’ health, but for family members as well. He said there are no issues with a family member wanting to stay the night in a private room.
Inman said Floyd Memorial is not the only hospital in the area to offer private rooms.
Lea Ann Stirn, director of Medical Inpatient Services, said some patients equate quality of care to whether their room, or area of the hospital, is new and updated.
“They would be coming from the Hilton [updated area], to the Motel 6 [old area],” she said with a laugh. “The staff had to defend that [quality of care] every day. We’re excited to get the makeover.”
Once the two floors are finished, it will be easier to maintain according to John Hodge, director of facilities management at the hospital.
“It will be a lot less maintenance. It will be easier to keep up with,” he said.
The halls and the walls have both been transformed, and old carpet has given way to tile.
“Everything is new and clean,” Truman said.
Floyd County
September 9, 2010
Original section of Floyd Memorial Hospital getting facelift
All rooms will be private
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