Yesterday, the Southern Vermont Medical Center celebrated the completion of their emergency department modernization project with an official ribbon cutting ceremony. The project went through several design and scope iterations and was then delayed due to the pandemic prior to breaking ground in the fall of 2021. The 14,000-square-foot addition and 11,000 square feet of renovations was broken into several phases and temporary scopes of work to maintain ongoing operations and ensure uninterrupted patient services.
In total, the new Kendall Emergency Department includes two new trauma rooms, a behavioral health suite with five psychiatric holding rooms, 16 new and renovated patient rooms, support spaces in addition to the Stout Thomson Waiting Area and Outpatient Registration, Richard and Pamela Ader Foundation Lobby and the Marro Café. Exterior enhancements included a new main entrance with canopies and a new two-story atrium.
SVMC’s most ambitious construction project in the last 40 years, the new and updated space allows the medical center to better care for the current and emerging needs of their patient population in an expanded and modernized setting.