I am glad to report that as of today, we are on schedule with the construction of the three-story inpatient addition, parking garage, and the Sandra R. Berman Pavilion.
As many of you have “heard,” we are completing the demolition phase of the project—the loudest and most disruptive. I want to thank all my colleagues who have tried to make the disruptions less bothersome by listening to the concerns of patients, families, and staff. We could not get through this phase so smoothly without the staff leaning in and informing our patients of what is taking place.
With regards to the Three-Story Inpatient Facility, here are some major activities that have taken place:
50 percent complete:
Underground utility lines at Charles Street and our loop road
90 percent complete:
Overhang demolition by the old main entrance and along the 4 tower
Complete for construction staging:
Rose Lot
Completed:
Demolition of the Library
In the next couple of months, among the many major activities you will notice around campus include the demolition of the former Medical Imaging Building (MIB) to start the Sandra R. Berman Pavilion and garage site work. I am happy to report that our renderings have been approved and the schematic design has started with the demolition occurring later this month.
To get this done, we will need to continue to make changes to patient and staff flow throughout our campus. For more information on our progress, please visit here.
Why are we there?
Some of you may remember that our advanced primary care practice in Baltimore City has been serving men dealing with substance abuse who are residents at the Helping Up Mission (HUM). We partnered with HUM because there is a great need for primary care services in the Jonestown community and HUM needed a medical practice to deliver accountable primary care to their residents. Most of the men who come to HUM have not had adequate healthcare for many years and many have lived on the streets for long periods of time. Continuity in their care was pretty much non-existent.
In the video below, three HUM graduates, in their own words, tell us how big a role our care plays in their lives. I want to thank Anthony Johnson, Joel Lessard, and Charles Wheeler for sharing their personal stories and the physicians, nurses, and staff at our primary care practice in Jonestown and at our Eye Center at Joppa Road for helping us to be a true system that can deliver to every patient, every time, the care we want for our own loved ones.
Hanukkah is a festive eight-day celebration for those of the Jewish faith that kicked off this past Sunday evening. Also called the Festival of Lights, this holiday brings light, joy, and warmth to friends, families, and communities.
At the center of the celebration is the nightly menorah lighting. The menorah holds nine flames, one of which is the shamash (“attendant”), which is the center candle used to light the other eight candles. On the first night, just one flame is lit. On the second night, an additional flame is lit. By the eighth night of Chanukah, all eight lights plus the shamash candle are kindled. As part of the holiday, it is customary to play with a dreidel (a four-sided spinning top). The game is usually played for a pot of coins, nuts, or other tokens, which are won or lost based on which letter the dreidel lands when it is spun.
I would like to wish everyone celebrating a very Happy Hanukkah!
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