Silver Cross Emergency Center in Homer Glen Expands to Serve You Better
Silver Cross has opened the expanded free-standing Emergency Center in Homer Glen to continue to meet the needs of all who come through its doors.
The Silver Cross Free-standing Emergency Center (FEC) in Homer Glen has expanded to meet the emergency care needs of patients in the southwest suburb and surrounding communities.
“When we first opened the facility in 2009, we had the capacity to care for 25 patients per day with little to no wait,” explains Celia Rademacher, manager, Homer Glen FEC. “However, the need for accessible and timely emergency care has grown exponentially and we now receive twice as many patients, with roughly 50 or more visits a day.”
Expansion was the only way for Silver Cross to continue to meet the needs of all who come through the doors, said Rademacher. And last week, the doors opened to a spacious new Emergency Department ready to accommodate the growing patient population.
“With the new expansion complete, we’ve increased our exam room capacity by 33% from 6 to 9 rooms and added a 10th room designed for procedures,” she said. “We also added extra lab space, an additional lab draw station, a 2nd nurse’s station, and expanded ultrasound testing.”
Silver Cross’ FEC is staffed 24 hours a day with a team of highly skilled emergency medicine physicians, nurses, paramedics and support staff specially trained in the treatment of adults, children and infants. It is located at 12701 W. 143rd Street, just east of South Bell Road.
For more information about Emergency Services at Silver Cross, visit silvercross.org
