Emergency Room (2008)
The Emergency Room of the hospital in Santa Rosa was contracted to a private contractor in 2004. When the contractor failed to finish the project, leaving an unfinished, empty shell for 2 years, CAMO was asked to intervene by the hospital director. In 2006 CAMO officially took over the project. It was able to complete total equipping and roof repairing of the ER, correcting the error made by the contractor by setting the roof 16 inches on center as opposed to the incorrect 16 foot on center. Through CAMO’s efforts, the ER was made fully functional and equipped.
Before the new ER, the Emergency Room consisted of four small rooms that had at least 200 patients a day with hardly any equipment.
A year after the facility was renovated and running, the hospital director, Dr. Morales, was asked how everything was going. His response: “We haven’t lost a single patient.” This was considered shocking news, as it was assumed he meant not a single patient had died in a whole year. It was later learned that he was referring to literally not “losing” any patients.
With the old ER, patients would get lost in the chaos, and be found in hallways or around corners which usually proved to be fatal.
The new Emergency Room has 12 cubicles for general admission, nine respiratory treatment areas, three beds for dehydrated infants and a 2-bay trauma room in the regional hospital. This was opened in early 2007, and averages 180 patients per day from a population of 600,000.
