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' .‘ . , l '. - 3‘ 1 ‘ é ‘ His family was constantly at his side in 3%“ fif'h}? i l has. . ‘ g5- “ if?“ E35, the cramped. dark room of the temporary - j. '7. £5. V ' » ~ q ;"‘-_., .. Mt ICU during the several months he spent in ' . s 7 .5' l $2 hospital recovering from pancreatitis. ~> . f '7'?’ t ‘13:“; "We had no hope for him. Our family's ' " ......_.--.. . life took a drastic turn." said his wife Sue. ' "For months the ICU became our home. The chairs became the beds for my children to O ’ watch over their father." 3 Today. patients are being moved into the , ' v ' new unit. At 15.000 square feet, it's almost n . . four times the size of the existing one. Spa- cious rooms with bright windows and the r .7 newest technology await them. Public and , 7 :j _ {7”} private funding supported the project. ‘ ‘ yihffflr ' 3' including a donation from the Huber family ; fit“? .1. ' ' that the [CU is named for. l ”sewgfldw "ln any given day in any one of these 1' "' ' rooms. people face horror. pain and strug- { gle; humour and heroism." said Dr. Paul 3 llosek, medical director of the unit.‘The 3 people that come here are the sickest of the , ' sick. If you don't have a pulse. or you can't . . . . . breathe. if you can't maintain your vital Rhonda Barber. RN, and Dr. L1 Chang tour one of the 14 spactous rooms in the new ICU at Grand River Hospital. (“mm mm WWMVO signs, this is where you come." Patients receive 247hour care from a team llosek said when he first came to Grand closed before the inner door is opened. The Though there is currently funding for 14 of professionals including doctors. nurses. River Hospital, he had a \isceral reaction to new unit also includes office space and a beds in the unit, it was constructed with 20 social workers and respiratory therapists, the ICU. central communications area for staff. rooms. - But many of these critically ill people “There were space issues, no walls “This is a huge improvement for infec- “There's room to grow," Chang said. won't make it, and for the dying. the lCU between beds. no access to computers," he tion control and for families,” Barber said. “That's the kind of foresight that's good to offers comfort, pain relief and dignity. said. Staff continued to provide quality care The ceiling- mounted monitors and equip- see." ' “The other thing we do here is look after even though their physical surroundings ment, and hidden wiring, will also make it The only thing that won't be changing is families _ all the people who love and care made it difficult. “It was a diamond in the much easier to keep the rooms clean, the medical care team. The old rooms were for the patients, They're like a second set of rough,” Hosek said. “It was quite scary, but “Machines and gadgets are what we do dark and depressing, said Sue Habash. and it patients for us," Hosek said. money not spent on appearances was spent here, and it takes up a lot of room," she said. was staff of the ICU that provided a beacon For that reason, the new unit offers a on patient care and technology." “We only had cunains between the beds oflight. large family lounge complete with a W and Rhonda Barber has been a registered before, so as far as infection control, it was “While I sat there. I would turn and see toys for children, two private family rooms. nurse in the unit for seven years and is inadequate." said ICU Dr. Li Chang, the comforting face of the nurse in the hall washrooms and even a shower for visitors. thrilled with the new space. There are typically [0 to 12 critically ill or at the foot ofhis bed," she said. And in each room. large comfortable chairs Fach room is a separate glassed-in space. patients at any one time, he said. Some of “Today as I look back at the hardest days are ready for family members to keep vigil and there are five isolation rooms with an them are overflow sent from hospitals in of my life. I cannot help but smile at those over their loved ones. ante-chamber so the outer door can be London or Hamilton. heroes who saved my husband's life." I ‘h ‘ 1\ it. Give the Gift of I. ~ HEER’S N ' DECORATING . 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