Belleville Hospital Opens New Observation, Post-Anesthesia Unit

BELLEVILLE, NJ — Patients recovering from surgery or needing additional treatment at Clara Maass Medical Center in Belleville will have a “state-of-the-art” place to continue recovery: the hospital’s new Adult Observation and Post-Anesthesia Care Unit.

Hospital staff and administrators recently held a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the new unit.

According to administrators, the new Adult Observation Unit will serve patients that are not well enough to return home and who require further diagnostic testing, treatment and care. The Adult Observation Unit has been outfitted with 24 private patient rooms as well as two isolation rooms and it is located on the first floor of the hospital’s new main entrance that opened in the spring of 2017. The unit is connected to both the main hospital, and will be connected to the Emergency Department following the new construction of the Pediatric Observation Unit and renovation of the Pediatric Emergency Department.

Clara Maass administrators added:

“The Post-Anesthesia Care Unit also been renovated to accommodate the addition of four new, State-Of-The-Art Operating Rooms which will open in the spring of 2019. The Post-Anesthesia Care Unit demonstrates a healing environment for those patients who have just undergone a surgical procedure. The unit is bright and airy with the latest technology available for post-operative patients. The newly renovated Post-Anesthesia Care Unit is located on the 3rd floor of the main hospital and is connected by way of the Operating Room Suites.”

According to administrators, the new Adult Observation Unit is part of a larger construction project currently underway at Clara Maass Medical Center.

Administrators said in a news release:

“Slated to be complete in 2019, the hospital began the renovations with a new, state-of-the-art Intensive Care Unit featuring 32 private rooms, an Intensivist program offering advanced care for those who are critically ill and an enhanced physician office space to increase ease of access for patients by creating a new four-story 87,000 square foot building with a private, new Main Entrance and Lobby, Retail Pharmacy with concierge service, Patient Registration Area, and another level of parking was added to our parking garage.”

The renovations will continue in the new year with an expansion of both the Adult and Pediatric Emergency Services as well as expanding private room capacity, administrators said.

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Photo: Clara Maass Medical Center