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V O L . X X I N O. X X I V O C T O B E R 1 9 , 2 0 1 5 12 B U S I N E S S M A I N E B U S I N E S S M A I N E B U S I N E S S N E W S F RO M A RO U N D T H E S TAT E MMC unveils new $40M operating room wing Maine Medical Center on Oct. 5 unveiled its new, $40 million operating wing, a two-story vertical expansion erected on top of the medical center's lower Bean Building near the emergency department. The 41,361-square-foot building — featuring fi ve operating rooms and 20 pre-op and post-op recovery rooms for patients — was completed "on budget and on time," MMC President and CEO Richard Petersen told a gathering of hospital employees and members of the public who were invited to the Oct. 5 open house. The new wing's fi rst day of operation was slated for Oct. 19. "We ended up with a facility we can all be proud of," Petersen said of the expansion. The glassed-in structure provides a distinctively 21 st century contrast to the red brick façade of the hospital's original 19 th century buildings. The new wing includes a sun-fi lled family room supported by a $200,000 donation from KeyBank. Dr. Brad Cushing, chairman of MMC's surgery department, described the new operating rooms as "world class" surgical spaces that are roughly double the size of MMC's operating rooms built in the early 1980s. The additional space, he said, is needed to accommodate the additional medical equipment and medi- cal specialists utilized in today's minimally invasive surgical procedures that allow for much faster recovery times and shorter hospital stays for patients. "We are the safety net for the state," added Dr. Robert Ecker, a neurosurgeon who noted that patients with life-threatening injuries or conditions requiring neurosurgery are often delivered to MMC to receive specialized care that may not be available at their local hospitals or health clinics. MMC currently performs approximately one-third of all inpatient surgeries in the state, including 45% of "interventional cardiology," a branch of cardiology involving the catheter-based treatment of structural heart diseases. Its exist- ing operating rooms had a utilization rate of up to 94%, which was cited in the hospital's certifi cate-of-need application as higher than the optimum industry standard of 80%. A "cardiac hybrid operating room for advanced surgeries," slated to open next summer in a converted older operating room, will enable the hospital to increase the number of minimally invasive cardiac surgeries it can perform, hospital offi cials stated. New operating rooms are equipped with the latest high-defi nition medical video-technology, which facilitates minimally invasive surgical procedures by giving surgeons an enhanced view of patient anatomy. Doctors can view either large wall- mounted fl at screens or smaller screens closer to the surgical table. Operating rooms also have the latest tele-conferencing technology, energy-effi ciency systems designed for sterile operating room environmental control and LED lighting systems. MMC received its certifi cate-of-need approval from the Maine Department of Health and Human Services in February 2014. Perkins + Will, a global archi- tecture and design fi rm with an offi ce in Boston, is the architect of the project. Suffolk Construction, also based in Boston, started construction in February 2014 and completed the job in September. — J a m e s M c C a r t h y P H O T O / JA M E S M C C A R T H Y Each of the fi ve new operating rooms in Maine Medical Center's new $40 million expansion is 600 square feet, roughly double the size of the hospital's operating rooms built in the early 1980s. Hospital offi cials say the larger rooms will facilitate the use of larger modern surgical equipment and additional staffi ng required by modern less- invasive surgical procedures that shorten hospital stays and recovery times for patients. Sam McGee's banking and real estate investment career has taken him all over the United States. But, no matter where he traveled for work, Sam made Maine his home. Now this 7th generation Mount Desert Island native has realized his dream of leaving the road and returning to Downeast Maine to live and work. 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