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jor expansions that will bring innovative treatments to rural populations.
Beebe Healthcare, based in Lewes, is working on several new locations across Sussex County, including a second can- cer center, a freestanding emergency de- partment and a specialty surgery hospital that houses a center for robotic surgery.
Towards the end of 2019, Beebe Medical Center in Lewes is set to launch a so-called hybrid operating room, which includes diagnostic imaging equipment
BEEBE HEALTHCARE’S PLANNED FREESTANDING EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
petency training, tracking workforce di- versity, improving and monitoring health care literacy, and participating in com- munity engagement. “Nemours seeks to be a national leader in the elimination of pediatric health-care disparities,” says a hospital spokesperson.
Meanwhile, two medical systems in southern Delaware are undergoing ma-
as well as surgical tools. “There will also be a radiologist in the room, and [the surgeon] can essentially visualize what’s going on during the surgical procedure,” says Alex Sydnor, vice president and chief external affairs officer. “If they need to move from a diagnostic to an open proce- dure, they can do it in that room without transferring the patient.”
In February, Dover-based Bayhealth opened a major new campus in neighbor- ing Sussex County. It includes a hospital
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