New Batson Hospital unit offers specialized care for kids.For a small child, the prospect of undergoing surgery can be frightening and difficult to understand. Doing so in a regular hospital can only add to that uneasiness. But thanks to the vision of officials at the Blair E. Batson Hospital for Children in Jackson, Mississippi's youngest patients will now have access to surgical care in an environment filled with comfort and cheer--along with the most advanced technology. The University of Mississippi Medical Center University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMC) is the health sciences campus of the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss). Located in Jackson, Mississippi (USA), it houses the Schools of Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Health Related Professions, and Graduate Studies in the Health officially opened this state-of-the-art pediatric pediatric /pe·di·at·ric/ (pe?de-at´rik) pertaining to the health of children. pe·di·at·ric adj. Of or relating to pediatrics. surgical center, the first of its kind in Mississippi, at Batson Hospital in October. "It's taken a great deal of work from everyone on staff, but for the first time, there will be a surgical facility designed exclusively for children and staffed by physicians and staff specifically trained to treat children," said Dr. Owen B. Evans, hospital chair of pediatrics. "This will enable the Batson Hospital to provide the best care possible for all the children of Mississippi." Nearly 4,000 surgical procedures Surgical procedures have long and possibly daunting names. The meaning of many surgical procedure names can often be understood if the name is broken into parts. For example in splenectomy, "ectomy" is a suffix meaning the removal of a part of the body. "Splene-" means spleen. are now performed each year at UMC UMC United Methodist Church UMC United Microelectronics Corporation UMC University Medical Center UMC United Microelectronics Corp (Republic of China) UMC University of Missouri-Columbia ; the opening of this facility will likely cause that number to increase, so UMC officials have put in place a team of doctors trained in every specialty in pediatric surgery Pediatric surgery (sometimes spelled paediatric surgery) is a subspecialty of surgery involving the surgery of fetuses, infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. Many pediatric surgeons practice at children's hospitals. . Those doctors will work in operating rooms equipped with advanced technology ranging from anesthesia equipment to audio/visual support systems that allow surgeons to magnify mag·ni·fy v. To increase the apparent size of, especially with a lens. tiny areas of the body and instantly access pathology reports. Facilities at the center were carefully designed to serve the young clientele. "We wanted the patients and their families to have a full range of our support, and that includes private bathrooms, spacious waiting areas, lots of color not of the white race; - commonly meaning, esp. in the United States, of negro blood, pure or mixed. See also: Color and sunlight, and all the other things that have made this such a comfortable place for our families," said Dr. James Keeton, clinical director of pediatric surgical services. For more information on the new pediatric surgical center or to find out how to make a contribution to the hospital, call the UMC Division of Public Affairs at 601/984-1100. |
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