Construction on new emergency department begins

In Browns Mills this past July, representatives from Deborah Heart and Lung Center and Lourdes Medical Center of Burlington County kicked off the demolition and construction phase of our new satellite emergency department (SED)—scheduled to open in February 2010—with a ceremonial sledgehammer strike. The SED will be located at Deborah and operated and staffed by Lourdes Medical Center, part of the Catholic Health East system. The 10,000-square-foot facility will serve 10,000 to 15,000 patients a year from within a 10-mile range of Deborah, spanning Burlington, Ocean and Mercer counties. Residents of these previously medically underserved areas will enjoy the benefits of a modern, leading-edge SED. Lourdes Medical Center, together with Deborah, will benefit tens of thousands of area residents with superb emergency care right in their own backyards.