Virtua Willingboro Hospital
Virtua Willingboro Hospital | |
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Virtua Health | |
Geography | |
Location | Willingboro Township, New Jersey, United States |
Coordinates | 40°02′47″N 74°52′50″W / 40.046354°N 74.880491°W |
Organization | |
Type | General |
Services | |
Beds | 249 |
Links | |
Website | www |
Lists | Hospitals in New Jersey |
Virtua Willingboro Hospital is a 249-bed community hospital located in Willingboro, New Jersey. It was previously known as Lourdes Medical Center.
Services
[edit]The Lourdes Cancer Center provides diagnostic, surgical, medical oncology, radiation therapy and other modalities. It has a boutique that assists patients with aesthetic needs, a cancer resource center and support groups. The Lourdes Cancer Center is accredited by the American College of Surgeons’ Commission on Cancer.
The Acuity Specialty Hospital is a 30-bed facility long term case facility. It serves r seriously ill patients who require extended hospital stays (an average of 25 days) before returning home.[1] Patients are admitted directly from short-stay hospitals, often from intensive care units, with ventilator-dependent respiratory failure or other complex medical conditions that require aggressive and continuous acute-care services. The unit is designed for patients with cardiopulmonary conditions resulting from trauma; a severe medical illness or post-operative problem, or the development of an acute illness superimposed on a chronic illness like malnutrition, cardiac disease or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Patients get the time to heal before being transferred to a rehab hospital or skilled nursing facility.
Behavioral Health: A 10-bed voluntary unit and 18-bed involuntary unit provide patients with various behavioral therapies.
Surgery: Minimally invasive procedures to treat urologic conditions and kidney disease are performed here. Bariatric and orthopedic surgeries also are done at the hospital.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ George, John (May 4, 2012), "Lourdes Specialty Hospital to be area's largest LTAC", Philadelphia Business Journal, bizjournals.com, retrieved May 16, 2012
- ^ Lourdes Health System Public Relations Office