Author: Dorron Blumberg

Skanska USA Completes $27.5M Renovation of Salah Foundation Children’s Hospital at Broward Health Medical Center

Posted by | Nov 28, 2018 | |

Skanska USA has completed the $27.5 million renovation of Salah Foundation Children’s Hospital at Broward Health Medical Center.

The multi-phased project, which began in 2015, renovated inpatient and outpatient areas in various pediatric units across the hospital. Most notably, 30 new, state-of-the-art private rooms were added in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). The NICU has a total bed capacity of 63.

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Learn from What the Patient Needs. Listen to What the Patient Wants.

Posted by | Nov 28, 2018 | |

A chaplain is a key member of every interdisciplinary hospice team. As a hospice chaplain with VITAS Healthcare, it is my job to address the spiritual pain of dying.

 
I do this by learning what the patient needs, and listening to what the patient wants, a basic precept of hospice. Quite simply, I meet the patient wherever they are. It’s called “being present,” and it may be the hardest thing I do as a chaplain.

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