3-15-16 waupun memorial hospital adding new private rooms, technology

Waupun Memorial Hospital’s commitment to the patients and families it serves will be further evidenced with the development of new private patient rooms at the West Brown Street facility. This $23 million addition is scheduled to get underway in April 2016 with the first private rooms available to patients in fall 2017.  The project involves constructing a two-story, 52,775-square-foot addition on north side of Waupun Memorial Hospital, facing Main Street. Work is expected to begin as the hospital’s helipad is relocated and the previous Waupun Area Clinic is demolished. Other foundation work will begin at the same time.  Patient services will be featured on the second floor, while the first floor will be utilized for some support services, like the loading dock and access to the helipad. The remainder will be left unfinished for future growth needs yet to be identified.  When complete, the new patient building will feature 21 inpatient rooms – 15 medical/surgical rooms, three intensive care unit (ICU) rooms (including one that can function as an ICU or medical/surgical room, depending on patients’ needs), and three labor/delivery/recovery and postpartum rooms that feature a sleeping couch and space for family to spread out.  “While our existing patient rooms have served us well since we first opened in 1951,” says DeAnn Thurmer, Waupun Memorial Hospital chief operating officer, “we are looking forward to enhancing the overall patient and family experience through new private rooms and state-of-the-art technology.”