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July 31, 2003 - Nine new state-of-the-art
operating rooms opened at London Health Sciences Centre's
University Campus today, including one dedicated to research
utilizing robotic technology with fully-operative radiology
support. Construction took 18 months to complete, at a cost
of $5.8 million. An additional $2 million was invested in
new equipment.
Dr.
Patrick Luke demonstrates the Zeus™ robotic surgical platform
(below) for guests attending the opening of the new operating
rooms at University Campus.
"Today's opening is a further demonstration
of the incredible commitment of our community, our staff and
our physicians to providing the finest health care in the
world right here in London," said Tony Dagnone, President
and CEO of London Health Sciences Centre. "Because of generous
donors such as Richard M. Ivey and Beryl Ivey, The Richard
Ivey Foundation, the White Family and the Blackburn Group
Incorporated, and many others like them, patients will benefit
from these new state-of-the-art facilities for years to come."
Dr.
William Wall describes the unique features of the new transplant
OR.
Features of the new facilities include:
· 1 minimally invasive surgery suite equipped with the Zeus™,
Da Vinci™, Socrates™ and Aesop™ surgical robotic platforms
to be used for patient care and research.
· 1 new transplant room with flat-screen video technology
that will enable minimally invasive surgery.
· 2 new orthopaedic rooms featuring Laminar flow technology,
which reduces the risk of infection.
· 1 new orthopaedic room dedicated to sports medicine and
featuring state-of-the-art video technology.
· 3 new neurosurgery rooms, including one planned for use
with angiography and radiology and one that is copper-shielded
from radio frequency interference to permit deep-brain stimulation
surgery for patients with epilepsy and other neurological
disorders.
· And one for general use, including urology.
Mr. Dagnone stated, "Today's opening marks the
completion of the first phase of operating room construction
at University Campus, bringing the current total of operating
rooms to 16. Several existing operating rooms will now undergo
extensive renovation into new recovery rooms. This phase is
expected to be completed by next summer, at which time city-wide
cardiac surgery will consolidate at University Campus and
general surgery will transfer from St. Joseph's Health Care
London. At that time, the 16 operating rooms at University
Campus will treat nearly ten thousand patients a year, a 25
percent increase over today."
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