Georgetown Edition | March 2024

Health care

BY CHLOE YOUNG

More Georgetown residents may have access to specialized cardiac care as St. David’s Georgetown Hospital opened a new cardiac catheterization lab and outpatient cardiovascular imaging center in October. The facilities have allowed the hospital to provide cardiac catheterization for the rst time and reduce wait times for patients to receive imaging services, St. David’s Georgetown CEO Kyle Landry said. St. David’s Georgetown can provide minimally invasive procedures to diagnose and remove blockages in the heart through its new catheterization lab. The lab plans to begin stent placement services used to open blockages later this year, Landry said. The new imaging center features three rooms for vascular ultrasounds and echocardiograms, and an additional room that may be used to provide stress echocardiograms in the future. Patients can now access these imaging services in an outpatient setting instead of checking into the hospital, Landry said. This has cut the wait time in half, he said. Hospital expands cardiac services

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In early 2025, the hospital hopes to open a ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction center, or STEMI, which would treat patients actively experiencing heart attack symptoms. When someone calls 911 with chest pain, they are brought to the closest STEMI center, which is outside of Georgetown, Landry said. St. David’s Georgetown will also look to expand other practice areas, including oncology and orthopedics, Landry said. The hospital will begin oering mammograms again on April 1, and will seek to expand access and provide additional specialization in breast cancer treatments, he said. St. David’s Georgetown aims to provide more specialized surgical procedures for various cancers, including colorectal, and expand the availability of orthopedic surgeons, Landry said. The hospital also plans to open a fth operating room in early 2025 contingent on funding approval, Facility Director Corey Woods said. The new $5 million operating room would be created by restructuring existing space and would allow the hospital to provide more surgeries to patients. We are always looking at ways that we can expand and meet the needs of the community. KYLE LANDRY, CEO OF ST. DAVID’S GEORGETOWN HOSPITAL

St. David’s Georgetown expanded its cardiac services so that Georgetown residents could receive care closer to home, Landry said. Previously, the hospital had to transfer patients needing cardiac catheterization to another facility. “There’s no interventional cardiac capabilities currently in the city,” Landry said about catheter- ization. “We wanted to be able to ... o er it here in Georgetown.” Due to the prevalence of cardiovascular disease, the need for cardiac care has grown alongside the population, he said. “There’s been more and more patients with cardiac issues that have been coming in through our emergency room or being seen through our outpatient physician clinics,” Landry said.

Cardiac care components 1 new cardiac catheterization lab to diagnose and remove blockages 3 rooms for vascular ultrasounds and echocardiograms 30-60 day waiting period cut in half

The cardiac catheterization lab oers minimally invasive procedures to diagnose and remove blockages.

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