Parkland Medical Center plans to bring 24/7 emergency care to Plaistow and surrounding communities with the construction of a new freestanding emergency room on Route 125 in Plaistow.
Projected to open in 2023, Parkland Medical Center’s nearly 10,000-square-foot Plaistow ER will be staffed by board-certified or board-eligible Emergency Room physicians and nurses.
“We want to thank the Plaistow Town Planning Board for their approval of the freestanding Plaistow ER, which will provide patients who live and work in the greater Plaistow region with 24 hours a day, 365 days a year emergency services in a convenient local healthcare access point,” said John Skevington, chief executive officer of Parkland Medical Center.
“Currently, the closest ER to Plaistow is almost 15 minutes away and in an emergency, every minute counts. Having local access to emergency medical care 24-hours a day, seven days a week will save lives and enhance patient recovery in Southern New Hampshire. We’re honored to continue Parkland Medical Center’s tradition of providing the highest quality of patient-centered healthcare to the communities that we serve with the opening of a new freestanding ER in Plaistow,” concluded Skevington.
Designed to meet the community’s growing healthcare needs, the new ER will operate as a fully integrated department of Parkland Medical Center and will feature:
- Full-service emergency care – the same services offered at hospital-based ERs
- Walk-in entrance and covered ambulance entrance for patient drop-off and pick-up with EMS lounge
- 10 private treatment rooms
- Staffed by emergency medicine physicians, specially trained emergency nurses and support teams
- CT capabilities, digital ultrasound and diagnostic x-rays
- Onsite laboratory
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